§ Dr. StrangTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list the reasons for the time taken to reply to the letter of 24 June sent to him by the chairman of the consumers in Europe group concerning BSE; and when he expects to be able to send a reply. [9663]
§ Mr. Douglas HoggI replied to the letter of 24 June from the chairman of the consumers in Europe group on 17 December 1996. As I explained in my reply, the letter was regrettably and inadvertently mislaid among the very substantial press of other correspondence on this issue.