Set-aside (Renewable Energy) (Hansard, 19 July 1993)

HC Deb 19 July 1993 vol 229 cc37-8W 37W

§ Mr. Ainger
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when she will announce the areas set aside specifically dedicated to woodland for renewable energy sources.

§ Mr. Jack
The cereals management committee on 15 July voted on a draft Commission regulation allowing certain perennial crops to be grown for non-food uses on set-aside land. This regulation would permit short rotation coppice to be grown as an energy crop on set-aside land. We expect the regulation to be adopted formally by the Commission in time to come into force on 1 September.
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