asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make a statement on the preparation of maps of moor and heath by national park authorities under section 43 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.

National park authorities are required by section 43 of the Act to prepare and publish maps showing those areas of moor and heath within the parks which in their opinion it is particularly important to conserve. Responsibility for this work rests with the authorities concerned. However, on 30 July 1981, at column 1202, during the passage of the Bill my hon. Friend the Member for Dumfries (Sir H. Monro) explained that we should expect the Countryside Commission to be consulted on the preparation of each map. My hon. Friend the Minister of State for Wales and I have therefore invited the commission to advise us on the manner in which section 43 is being implemented.

asked the Secretary of State for Wales how many redundancies have been declared in the county of Clwyd since May 1979.

I am informed by the Manpower Services Commission that between January 1981 and September 1984, 8,838 notified redundancies occurred in Clwyd. Information at the local level for the period prior to January 1981 is not available on a comprehensive basis.

asked the Secretary of State for Wales what is his estimate of the number of new jobs expected to be created over the next 12 months in (a) Wales and (b) in the county of Clwyd.

Available information relates to the number of manufacturing jobs expected to arise over the next three to four years from projects for which offers of selective financial assistance have been accepted and from Government factory allocations. For Wales the latest figure available as at June 1984 was 20,530. That for Clwyd was 4,300.

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry when a copy of the Telecommunications licence granted to Mercury Communications will be made available.

A copy of the Mercury licence has today been placed in the Library together with the order designating Mercury's systems as public telecommunications systems. Copies are available from the Vote Office.

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will report on Her Majesty's Government's efforts to secure the proposed European Community trade mark office for London; and if the information gathered by the Community Trade Mark Office Committee concerning a possible location for this institution might be of use to his Department in promoting these efforts.

The Government emphasise their firm desire that the Community trade marks office should be located in London. They have repeatedly made their position clear to their Community partners in the past and will negotiate on the matter as soon as the opportunity arises within the appropriate Community bodies. This will depend on the progress made towards reaching agreement on the Community trade mark system as a whole. Parliamentary approval will be sought at an appropriate time for any financial support offered to secure the location of the office in London.On the second part of the question, the Government are most appreciative of the exploratory work carried out by the Community Trade Mark Office Committee, which will be most helpful. The selection of the particular location in London, to be proposed to our Community partners, will, of course, be the responsibility of the Government, but it will be made only after considering all reasonable possibilities.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he will make a statement on the Forestry Commission's disposals programme to date.

My right hon. Friends and I have been reviewing the disposals programme in the light of proposals made to us by the Forestry Commission.When we asked the commission to undertake this programme we stated that its main purpose was to reduce the commission's call on public funds for the management of its forestry enterprise, and some £56 million have been raised to date from the sale of assets. Recently, however, the commission has initiated major changes to its structure with a view to improving its efficiency and reshaping its management to meet future needs. Related to this, it has also reviewed its land holdings to identify those properties that are not essential to the enterprise and which might be sold as part of the rationalisation of its estate. Bearing in mind that not all such properties will find a ready market, the commission has estimated that a programme on this basis could yield some £45 million over the next four or five years. This would mean total receipts from sales from the start of the programme in 1981 of around £100 million.Against this background, the Government have decided that the commission's disposals programme should be extended to 31 March 1989 and that its main purpose should be the rationalisation of the estate with a view to improving the commission's efficiency and the commercial effectiveness of the forestry enterprise. The commission can now plan ahead on this basis without the uncertainty and attendant difficulties that frequent reviews can cause in achieving a coherent approach to the management of the enterprise.

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what progress has been made towards implementing the Industrial Injuries Advisory Council's recommendation to extend the occupational cover for viral hepatitis.

I am pleased to announce that regulations were laid on 1 November which should benefit more people who have contracted viral hepatitis. They take effect on 3 December 1984. Employed earners who have worked in any occupation involving contact with human blood or human blood products, or who have been in contact with a source of viral hepatitis, will be covered by the regulations. Cover was previously restricted to employed earners who worked in any occupation involving close and frequent contact with human blood or human blood products, or close and frequent contact with a source of viral hepatitis infection by reason of employment in the medical treatment or nursing of a person or persons suffering from viral hepatitis or in a service ancillary to such treatment or nursing.