Dr. ThomasTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what studies are(a) being conducted and (b) planned by his Department into the likely effects of the greenhouse global warming effect on farming and agriculture in the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. GummerI refer the hon. Member to the reply given to my hon. Friend, the Member for Cambridgeshire, South-East (Mr. Paice) on 4 December at column112.
Dr. ThomasTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if, during the meeting of the Council of European Agriculture Ministers in Brussels on 21 November, he put forward any policies aimed at modification of agricultural practices to mitigate the greenhouse effect, that is global warming.
§ Mr. GummerThere was no discussion of the greenhouse effect at this meeting of the Council.