Oil Seed Rape (Hansard, 25 July 1991)

HC Deb 25 July 1991 vol 195 c860W 860W

§ Mr. Andrew Welsh
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will state the number and content of research projects sponsored by his Department on oil seed rape.

§ Mr. Michael Forsyth
A research grant of £63,000 over three years was awarded to Aberdeen university in 1990 by the Scottish Office Home and Health Department for a project to study the effects of oil seed rape on human health.

§ Mr. Andrew Welsh
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list figures showing oil seed rape acreage separately for England and Wales, Scotland and each EC country in each year over the past five years.

§ Mr. Michael Forsyth
The figures requested are given in the table: