To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) whether planning consents for peat digging on Thorne Moor near Doncaster have been reviewed under the Mineral Act 1981;(2) what proportion of Thorne Moor has planning permission for peat extraction; and what restoration of those areas subject to extraction has taken place.

[holding answer 5 July 1991]: I shall write to the hon. Member.