Paul Bradford
Ceist:24 Mr. Bradford asked the Minister for Energy if the planned modification of the Common Agricultural Policy will have any direct effect on forestry programmes.
Written Answers. - Forestry Programmes.
Although the precise reforms of the Common Agricultural Policy necessitated by the current round of GATT negotiations have not yet emerged, I do not expect any adverse effects on forestry. The Community will remain a significant importer of timber. World trade in timber is not distorted by price subsidies or restrictions. Forestry is, therefore, an attractive alternative land use and, I expect, will continue to receive the high priority and generous aid set for it in the Community's forestry action programme adopted in June 1989.