Pippa Hackett (Green Party)
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Any trees planted under any deal are subject to licence, which our Department issues. Those licences, as we have heard, are subject to significant requirements be they environmental, archaeological, historical or cultural. All of those things are factored in so it is not the case that a deal will involve being able to plant trees wherever you like. It will be subject to the same scrutiny that any afforestation licence is subject to in our Department. The Deputy can rest assured that areas of historical or archaeological significance will not be harmed.