§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will make it his policy to conduct a study of the implications of the release of methane gas from the use of nitrogen-based fertilisers in the United Kingdom for the greenhouse effect global warming.
§ Mr. MacLeanMethane gas is a product of decomposition. Its agricultural source is ruminant digestion rather than the use of nitrogen-based fertilisers. The Ministry is investigating agricultural sources of greenhouse gases.