To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what aspects of the privatisation of the Forestry Commission in respect of (a) the ownership of woodlands and (b) the regulatory functions of the commission will require primary legislation.

[holding answer 18 May 1993]: Ministers have come to no decisions about the effectiveness of the current incentives for forestry investment or the ownership and management of Forestry Commission woodlands, which are the subject of review. Only once they have done so would they consider any consequent requirements for primary legislation.