§ Mr. MeacherTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the level of government funding was for research into(a) organic agriculture, (b) conventional agriculture and (c) GM agriculture in each year since 1990. [133851]
§ Mr. MorleyThe table shows spending on research by Defra against the categories requested from 200102 and, where data for earlier years are available, from MAFF and DETR.
London Borough of Havering's ability to deal with abandoned vehicles. [133266]
§ Mr. MorleyLocal authorities' performance in dealing with abandoned vehicles is assessed annually through the Municipal Waste Management Survey, which since 2000–01 has recorded the number of abandoned vehicles reported by each local authority.
The first data covering the period following the introduction of SI2002/746 will be available in summer 2004, when the Municipal Waste Management Survey 2002–03 is published.