§ Dr. Cunninghamasked the Prime Minister, in the light of the Government's commitment, under the European Economic Community third action programme on the environment (1982 to 1986), to enhance the positive and reduce the negative effects on the environment of agriculture, what formal new machinery has been established linking initiatives of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Department of the Environment to secure the systematic integration of environmental policy into agricultural policy.
§ The Prime MinisterIt has not been necessary to set up any formal machinery because of the close co-operation which already exists between the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Department of the Environment and other statutory bodies, such as the Nature Conservancy Council, the Countryside Commission and the National Park Authorities.