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Number of farmers and farmworkers in June 1991                                                                                                                                          

                 Whole-time                                Part-time                                               All workers                                                          

County          |Principal    |Other        |Total        |Principal    |Other        |Total        |Total farmers|Male         |Female       |Total<1>     |Salaried                   

                |farmers      |partners                   |farmers      |partners                   |and directors                                          |managers                   

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Clwyd           |2,403        |616          |3,019        |791          |423          |1,214        |4,233        |2,192        |461          |2,653        |55                         

Dyfed           |6,915        |1,408        |8,323        |2,383        |905          |3,288        |11,611       |4,812        |1,546        |6,358        |51                         

Gwent           |1,275        |241          |1,516        |527          |234          |761          |2,277        |1,135        |318          |1,453        |31                         

Gwynedd         |2,827        |525          |3,352        |1,100        |388          |1,488        |4,840        |1,902        |332          |2,234        |45                         

Mid Glamorgan   |550          |116          |666          |236          |95           |331          |997          |512          |123          |635          |10                         

Powys           |3,766        |973          |4,739        |1,045        |558          |1,603        |6,342        |2,975        |454          |3,429        |41                         

South Glamorgan |290          |75           |365          |112          |64           |176          |541          |450          |132          |582          |21                         

West Glamorgan  |483          |106          |589          |224          |96           |320          |909          |479          |147          |626          |10                         

                |---          |---          |---          |---          |---          |---          |---          |---          |---          |---          |---                        

Wales           |18,509       |4,060        |22,569       |6,418        |2,763        |9,181        |31,750       |14,457       |3,513        |17,970       |264                        

<1>Excluding salaried managers.                                                                                                                                                         

Source: June Agricultural Census 1991.                                                                                                                                                  

Note: Figures exclude minor holdings not included in the June Census.                                                                                                                   



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Bats

Mr. Alex Carlile : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will issue a development control policy note for the guidance of local planning authorities in relation to applications in which an issue arises from the presence of bats on an application site ; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Nicholas Bennett : My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the Environment and I are in the process of preparing a planning policy guidance note on nature conservation in general. This note, which will be subject to public consultation, will advise local authorities of the provisions of various conservation laws including the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, which affords protection to certain species of bats and other scheduled wild animals.

Public Bodies

Mr. Morgan : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list all the (a) chairmen or women, (b) vice-chairmen or women and (c) members of the boards of non-departmental public bodies in Wales.

Mr. David Hunt : I refer the hon. Gentleman to my answers of 12 December 1991 and 19 December 1991, which listed the full and part-time public appointments for which I am responsible. In addition, there are a number of bodies where members appoint their chairman and deputy chairman from amongst their own membership. The names of these chairmen and deputy chairmen are listed in the table. A new chairman has been appointed to the Welsh Industrial Development Advisory Board since my previous reply and his name is included in the table. Also it has been noticed that the membership of the Historic Buildings Council was omitted from the original answer, this information is given in the table.

Brecon Beacons National Park

Chairman --Mr. R. H. Williams

Vice-Chairman --Mr. D. Jones

Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Committee

Chairman --Mr. D. Halket-Jones

Vice-Chairman --Mr. R. Pratt

Snowdonia National Park Committee

Chairman --Mr. J. Tudor

Vice-Chairman --Mr. F. Jones

Community Health Councils--

Clwyd South

Chairman --Mr. D. Northwood

Vice-Chairman --Cllr. T. L. Davies

Clwyd North

Chairman --Mrs. B. A. Thompson

Vice-Chairman --Mr. F. Tulley

Carmarthen/Dinefwr

Chairman --Cllr. S. D. John

Vice-Chairman --Cllr. F. R. Jones

LLanelli/Dinefwr

Chairman --Mr. W. M. Jones

Vice-Chairman --Cllr. D. R. Harris

Ceredigion

Chairman --Mr. A. Thomas

Vice-Chairman --Mrs. M. Griffiths

Pembrokeshire

Chairman --Miss. M. J. Thomas

Vice-Chairman --Cllr. G. C. Rowe

South Gwent

Chairman --Mr. M. G. Welsh

Vice-Chairman --Mrs. R. Roberts


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North Gwent

Chairman --Mrs. J. Arthur

Vice-Chairman --Mr. R. Thomas

Aberconwy

Chairman --Mr. C. S. Brady

Vice-Chairman --Cllr. Mrs. J. Davies

Arfon/Dwyfor

Chairman --Mr. A. M. Williams

Vice-Chairman --Mr. R. G. Hughes

Meirionnyd

Chairman --Cllr. D. Price

Vice-Chairman --Miss. D. Worthington

Ynys Mon

Chairman --Mrs. K. Dowgan

Vice-Chairman --Cllr. O. G. Jones

East Glamorgan

Chairman --Mr. L. Jones

Vice-Chairman --Mrs. M. LLoyd

Merthyr/Cynon Valley

Chairman --Mrs. M. Hughes

Vice-Chairman --Mr. G. Glover

Ogwr

Chairman --Mrs. D. J. Buffey-Davies

Vice-Chairman --Mrs. Y. M. Griffiths

Rhymney Valley

Chairman --Mr. J. W. Owen

Vice-Chairman --Mr. J. Shaw

Brecon/Radnor

Chairman --Mr. J. Davies

Vice-Chairman --Cllr. D. Morgan

Montgomery

Chairman --Mrs. M. Francis

Vice-Chairman --Mrs. K. Roberts-Jones

Cardiff

Chairman --Mr. E. G. Owen

Vice-Chairman --Dr. P. Armitage

Vale of Glamorgan

Chairman --Mrs. S. Greensmith

Vice-Chairman --Mrs. M. A. Aubrey

Neath/Port Talbot

Chairman --City Cllr. D. E. Davies

Vice-Chairman --City Cllr. M. D. Harris

Swansea/Lliw Valley

Chairman --City Cllr. R. James

Vice-Chairman --Mrs. I. Aubrey

Higher Education Corporations (Initial Appointments)--

Polytechnic of Wales

Chairman --Mr. Ruid Plaut

Vice-Chairman --Mr. Roy Cull

Swansea Institute of Higher Education

Chairman --Carl E. Hadley

Vice-Chairman --W. E. Edwards

Cardiff Institute of Higher Education

Welsh College of Music and Drama

Chairman --Geraint Stanley Jones

Vice-Chairman --Rev. Bob Morgan

Gwent College of Higher Education

Chairman --Alan Burton

Vice-Chairman --Elwyn Tudno Jones

Coleg Normal Bangor

Chairman --Gwilym Humphrey

Vice-Chairman --Alun Evans

Welsh Industrial Development Advisory Board

Chairman --Mr. Roy Bichan

Historic Buildings Council for Wales

Chairman --The Marquess of Anglesey

Members --Professor John Eynon

The Earl Lloyd George

Dr. Prys Morgan


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