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Dr. David Clark
asked the Secretary of State for Wales what action he proposes to take to prevent the spraying of herbicide on part of the Black Mountains site of special scientific interest in the Brecon Beacons national park; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Wyn Roberts
The Nature Conservancy Council has already written to the landowner concerned to remind
| Consumers' expenditure on alcohol, tobacco and gambling | |||||||||
| Alcohol | Tobacco | Gambling | |||||||
| Year | Current prices | Constant prices 1970=100 | Current prices | Constant prices 1970=100 | Current prices | Constant prices 1970=100 | |||
| £ million | Per cent. of consumers' expenditure | £ million | Per cent. of consumers expenditure | £ million | Per cent. of consumers' expenditure | ||||
| 1970 | 2,300 | 7·2 | 100·0 | 1,720 | 5·4 | 100·0 | 399 | 1·2 | 100·0 |
| 1971 | 2,593 | 7·2 | 106·7 | 1,691 | 4·7 | 96·5 | 481 | 1·3 | 112·0 |
| 1972 | 2,910 | 7·2 | 114·8 | 1,808 | 4·5 | 101·7 | 531 | 1·3 | 115·8 |
| 1973 | 3,423 | 7·4 | 130·2 | 1,938 | 4·2 | 107·6 | 582 | 1·3 | 120·3 |
| 1974 | 3,915 | 7·4 | 133·4 | 2,229 | 4·2 | 106·3 | 672 | 1·3 | 113·0 |
| 1975 | 4,848 | 7·4 | 132·2 | 2,735 | 4·2 | 101·2 | 769 | 1·2 | 102·6 |
him of his statutory duty to inform it of any notifiable operation he intends to carry out on the Mynydd Du (Black Mountain) site of special scientific interest. I am advised by the Nature Conservancy Council that it does not consider that there is any immediate prospect that the statutory provisions will not be complied with.