asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he will give the planting programme of the Forestry Commission for each of the Welsh Counties for 1947 and 1948; how much land in Wales has been acquired since the end of the war; and how much will be acquired in the next three years.
The Planting programme is:
| County. | 1947 | 1948 | |
| acres. | acres. | ||
| Anglesey | … | 272 | 320 |
| Brecon | … | 980 | 1,180 |
| Caernarvon | … | 637 | 380 |
| Cardigan | … | 440 | 740 |
| Carmarthen | … | 1,096 | 1,660 |
| Denbigh | … | 357 | 610 |
| Flint | … | — | 100 |
| Glamorgan | … | 1,209 | 1,670 |
| Merioneth | … | 362 | 530 |
| Monmouth | … | 401 | 260 |
| Montgomery | … | 1,076 | 1,620 |
| Radnor | … | 420 | 480 |
| Pembroke | … | — | — |
| 7,250 | 9,550 | ||
Acquisitions;
Since the cessation of hositilities 6,560 acres have been acquired in Wales and another 24,518 acres are in process of acquisition. It is proposed to acquire a further 99,000 acres in the course of the next three years.
asked the Minister of Agriculture what acreage of their own woodland the Forestry Commission have re-planted since the end of the war.
The following acreages of Forestry Commission land have been re-afforested during the last two planting seasons:
| —— | 1945–46. | 1946–47. | Total. | |
| acres. | acres. | acres. | ||
| England | … | 2,702 | 4,385 | 7,087 |
| Wales | … | 375 | 972 | 1,347 |
| Scotland | … | 1,487 | 3,337 | 4,824 |
| 4,564 | 8,694 | 13,258 | ||