Hansard

Trees

Volume 701: debated on Monday 12 May 2008

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Lord Taylor of Holbeach

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Which department takes the lead in dealing with outbreaks of oak processionary moth. [HL3404]

The Minister of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
(Lord Rooker)

The Forestry Commission is the lead department responsible for the protection of trees against oak processionary moth. In June 2007 it formed an outbreak management team comprising officials from Defra, Ealing and Richmond upon Thames Borough Councils, the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and the Health Protection Agency, London. An action plan was agreed and implemented with immediate effect.