A proposal to reform the legislation governing the powers of the Forestry Commission to allow it to form or participate/invest in companies, to provide loans and establish Charitable Trusts, to delegate its power to charge in connection with the provision of facilities in the public forest estate, to give it the power to commercially exploit forestry research, to allow it to require restocking following unlawful felling without first obtaining a conviction and to enforce restocking requirements against lessees and licensees as well as against freeholders.
Final Scrutiny Period began on 31 January 2006:
Initial Scrutiny period began 19 July 2005: