Select Committee on Agriculture (Evidence)

HC Deb 13 April 1967 vol 744 cc230-1W

Dr. John Dunwoody

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food on what basis the evidence presented by his Department to the Select Committee on Agriculture was prepared.

Mr. Peart

The evidence submitted by my Department is based on the result of discussions with all the other Government Departments concerned. I reject utterly the insinuation in a recent Press article that the evidence is biased and, in particular, that this is due to bias on the part of any civil servant in my Department.