HL Deb 09 March 2004 vol 658 c170WA
Baroness Byford

asked Her Majesty's Government:

When they will take action on Lord Haskins's Rural Delivery Review of October 2003. [HL1585]

Lord Whitty

The Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs intends to publish a refreshed rural strategy for England in the spring. The strategy will include a full response to the recommendations coming out of Lord Haskins's Rural Delivery Review.