§ Mr. SpearingTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, 4Fisheries and Food when he received a document from the Soil Association entitled "20 per cent. of Britain Organic by the Year 2000"; what steps he has taken. or plans to take to assess the practicality of the proposals it contains; and what reply he has sent to the Soil Association.
§ Mr. CurryI have not received from the Soil Association a copy of the document to which the hon. Member refers, although I am aware of it. In my reply on 16 January to a question from the hon. Member for Truro (Mr. Taylor) I referred to the steps being taken by the Government to encourage organic farming(Official Report columns 215-16).