§ Dr. David Clarkasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when his Department received written submissions from the following organisations in response to the consultation on the implementation of the European Commission's new agricultural structures regulation (a) the Council for the Preservation of Rural England, (b) the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, (c) the Countryside Commission and (d) the Nature Conservancy Council.
§ Mrs. FennerA joint submission from the Council for the Protection of Rural England and the Council for National Parks was received on 29 May; the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds comments were received on 31 May; the Countryside Commission's on 29 May and the Nature Conservancy Council's on 28 May. The closing date for submission of comments was 24 May.
§ Dr. David Clarkasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (1) when he approved the text of the draft statutory instrument for submission to the European Commission to bring into effect in the United Kingdom the agricultural structures regulation;
(2) on what date his Department sent the European Commission details of the proposed implementation in the United Kingdom, including the draft statutory instrument, of the European Commission's new agricultural structures regulation.
§ Mrs. FennerNo draft statutory instruments have been formally sent to the European Commission, but my officials have held informal discussions with it. In addition, on 29 April, it was sent a copy of the Government's consultation paper on the implementation of the agricultural structures regulation. Copies of the statutory instruments will be formally sent to the Commission when they are laid before Parliament.