HC Deb 17 January 1984 vol 71 c195W
19. Mr. Andrew F. Bennett

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will make a statement on the effect of the byelaws and codes of practice relating to straw burning on the amount of straw burnt in 1984.

Mrs. Fenner

The primary purpose of the byelaws and the code of practice is to ensure that straw is burnt safely and with the minimum of nuisance to others. As my right hon. Friend said in reply to the hon. Member for Knowsley, North (Mr. Kilroy-Silk) on 14 November the number of reported incidents of bad burning was much reduced in 1984.