To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) if he has any proposals to place consultations over new afforestation proposals on a more public footing;(2) if he has any proposals to widen the membership base of the Forestry Commission's regional advisory committees.

I refer the hon. Member to my right hon. and learned Friend's reply of 10 December 1987, columns 251–54, to a question from my hon. Friend the Member for Dumfries (Sir H. Monro).