The independent panel appointed to advise the Government on the future of publicly owned forests could recommend that more woodland is bought by the State, according to the bishop leading the review. In an interview with The Times, the Bishop of Liverpool, the Right Rev James Jones, said that the panel could decide to call for the expansion of the 640,000-acre public forest estate in England. The Bishop was appointed chairman of the panel in March after a public outcry had forced the Westminster Government to abandon its plan to privatise the entire estate. Bishop James said that he was interpreting his remit broadly, regardless of the Gover