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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2019-03-28more like thismore than 2019-03-28
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Church Commissioners more like this
answering dept id 9 more like this
answering dept short name Church Commissioners more like this
answering dept sort name Church Commissioners remove filter
hansard heading Forests: Scotland more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
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pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the right hon. Member for Meriden, representing the Church Commissioners, with reference to the oral contribution of the Rt. hon. Member for Meriden, what steps the church takes to ensure that its forestry plantations in Scotland avoid monoculture plantings. more like this
tabling member constituency Edinburgh North and Leith more like this
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Deidre Brock more like this
uin 238376 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2019-04-01more like thismore than 2019-04-01
answer text <p>In order to comply with the Forestry Stewardship Council, UK Woodland Assurance Scheme and UK Forestry Standards, forests must contain a maximum of 75% primary species. Latest figures for forests in Scotland managed by the Church Commissioners show that they contain around 65% Sitka spruce, though that percentage was higher when the forests were first planted in the 1960s and 1970s. The remainder comprises native broadleaves and other conifer species such as Scots pine, Norway spruce, Douglas fir and open ground. Open ground makes up approximatley 19% of the area under management and mostly comprises native grasses, water (ponds, streams and rivers), heather and rock outcrops. The Church Commissioners will achieve at least 5% native broadleaves by the end of the first rotation.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Meriden more like this
answering member printed Dame Caroline Spelman more like this
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answering member
312
label Biography information for Dame Caroline Spelman more like this
tabling member
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label Biography information for Deidre Brock more like this