§ Mr. Deakinsasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what information is available to him about the consequences for United Kingdom agriculture of a nuclear war.
§ Mrs. FennerInformation on various aspects of this matter has been published by a number of sources, but, as any conclusions must necessarily depend upon the assumptions made about a wide variety of factors, no definitive assessment is possible.
§ Mr. Deakinsasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food why his Department is not taking part in the study of the scientific committee on problems of the environment following a nuclear war.
§ Mrs. FennerThe organisation conducting this study is an independent international non-governmental body and the committee concerned is comprised of academics representative of the various relevant scientific fields. The outcome of the study is expected in 1985 and the Government await this with interest.