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Forestry

Volume 462: debated on Tuesday 10 July 2007

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Mr. Roger Williams

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much timber was harvested in England in each of the last five years. (148124)

Joan Ruddock

The estimate of timber harvested in England in each of the last five years for which figures are available is given in the table.

Removals in million green tonnes

Softwood (from conifer trees)

Hardwood (from broadleaved trees)

Total

2001

1.65

0.56

2.21

2002

1.51

0.54

2.05

2003

1.66

0.49

2.16

2004

1.73

0.45

2.18

2005

1.74

0.52

2.26

Mr. Roger Williams

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what programmes are in place to replace areas of woodland lost to development with new areas of planting. (148129)

Joan Ruddock

There is no specific programme in place to replace areas of woodland lost to development. Nevertheless, there is significantly more new woodland created in England each year than is lost to development.