Hunting Mr. Meale To ask the Secretary of State for Defence which organisations and individuals he has consulted in the past 18 months regarding nature conservation on Ministry of Defence land where licences are issued to allow foxhunting and deerhunting. Mr. Archie Hamilton The Ministry of Defence consults the local MOD conservation group where hunting licences cover an area with a nature conservation interest and it is designated as a site of special scientific interest. These groups consist of individuals and organisations representing the specific conservation interests of a particular site. Mr. Meale To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his answer of 21 January, Official Report, column 185, when the fees payable by fox hunts for licences to hunt on Ministry of Defence land were last increased. Mr. Archie Hamilton The hunting licences where fees are payable were last increased in 1988. Mr. Meale To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his answer of 21 January, Official Report, column 186, if he will publish the regulations or codes of good conduct attached to or relating to licences issued to hunt on Ministry of Defence land. Mr. Archie Hamilton Hunts are expected to abide by the respective codes of conduct of the recognised hunting organisations. It is not possible to give details of the regulations applying to each licence as each one is different depending on the establishment concerned and its usage.