Government response

Infrastructure Bill: forests

Lord Ahmad on the recent decision to include extra protection to forests into the Infrastructure Bill.

• From: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government and Lord (Tariq) Ahmad of Wimbledon
• Published: 6 November 2014

This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

Lord Ahmad said:

Throughout the passage of the Infrastructure Bill, the government has consistently stated that we have absolutely no intention of selling off our public forests, a point accepted and acknowledged in last night’s debate. However the government is pleased to affirm this commitment in law to further reassure Parliament and the public.

Published 6 November 2014