Forestry in England: Seeing the wood for the trees Contents

Sub-Committee Formal Minutes

The following declarations of interest relating to the inquiry were made:

Tuesday 10 January 2017

Angela Smith declared non-pecuniary interests in relation to the Sub-Committee’s inquiry into Forestry in England, as a member of the Woodland Trust, as an officer of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Ancient Woodland & Veteran Trees, and that a planning application which included the removal of ancient woodland was currently underway in her constituency.

Rebecca Pow declared a non-pecuniary interest in relation to the Sub-Committee’s inquiry into Forestry in England, as Co-Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Ancient Woodland & Veteran Trees.

Chris Davies declared a non-pecuniary interest in relation to the Sub-Committee’s inquiry into Forestry in England, as Chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Forestry.

Tuesday 7 March 2017

Members present:

Neil Parish, in the Chair

Chris Davies

Simon Hart

Dr Paul Monaghan

Rebecca Pow

Angela Smith

Draft Report (Forestry in England: Seeing the wood for the trees), proposed by the Chair, brought up and read.

Ordered, That the draft Report be read a second time, paragraph by paragraph.

Paragraphs 1 to 85 read and agreed to.

Summary agreed to.

Resolved, That the Report, be the First Report of the Sub-Committee to the Committee.

Ordered, That the Chair make the Report to the Committee.





17 March 2017