§ 26. Sir D. Rentonasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he is aware that considerable quantities of straw are burned at harvest time each year; and whether he will promote research into the making of new uses of straw.
§ Mr. Thomas Coxasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when he proposes to introduce legislation to 255W strengthen the present law on cornstubble burning; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Anthony StodartI would refer my right hon. and learned Friend the Member for Huntingdonshire (Sir D. Renton) and the hon. Member for Wandsworth, Central (Mr. Thomas Cox) to the reply I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Bridgwater (Mr. Tom King) on 18th June.—[Vol. 858, c.38.]
My right hon. Friend has just received the report of the Advisory Council for Agriculture and Horticulture, and intends to make a statement as soon as he has been able to consider it.