§ Mr. LuffTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what contact his Department has had with the European Commission over the grant of planning permission for a chicken farm at Throckmorton in Worcestershire.
§ Sir Paul BeresfordThe Commission wrote to the United Kingdom Government concerning the application of the directive 85/337/EEC—"the EIA directive"—to this proposal on 19 February 1992 and again on 12 July 1993. On both occasions, the Government replied to the letters. No further communication has been received.