HC Deb 22 July 2004 vol 424 c399W
Patrick Mercer

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how often she meets industry representatives to discuss the manufacture and safe storage of ammonium nitrate fertiliser; and whether she has held such meetings since March. [184604]

Alun Michael

Officials from Defra and other key Government Departments have met industry representatives on a regular basis (weekly or more frequently), both before and since March, to discuss the manufacture and safe storage of ammonium nitrate fertiliser.