§ Mr. David ShawTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what plans her Department has(a) to utilise the Internet, (b) to make available on the Internet press releases and other departmental information which the public may wish to have access to and (c) to use the Internet as a means of increasing the openness of her Department.
§ Mr. JackMAFF's press releases are issued electronically by the Central Office of Information and 289W available to subscribers to FT Profile, Reuters Textline and POLIS. They are also accessible to users of the Internet via the Date-Star Dialogue (Europe) or Mead/Lexis/Nexis systems.
There are no plans for MAFF to use the Internet.