§ Mr. Spearingasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will estimate the acreage of oilseed rape currently under cultivation in the United Kingdom and the range of tonnage he expects it will yield after harvest.
§ Mr. MacGregorEstimates from the December 1983 census showed some 261,000 hectares sown with oilseed rape in England and Wales. Oilseed rape yields have varied widely in recent years and it is too early to make a firm assessment of the likely harvest.