§ Mr. MorganTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what progress the Overseas Development Administration has made with the establishment of a model farm in the Leningrad Oblast.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydA mission, sponsored by the joint assistance unit of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, visited the Agrarian university and Pushkinskoye training farm near St. Petersburg from 29 March to 3 April 1992 to carry out a feasibility study on the establishment of a private farming company.
The mission's main recommendation was that a detailed business development plan for the Pushkinskoye farm should be prepared as a precursor to implementing a project expected to last between 18 and 36 months. This recommendation has been accepted and we hope that work on the business development plan will begin shortly.