HL Deb 15 October 1996 vol 574 c207WA
Lord Annaly

asked Her Majesty's Government:

When they intend to publish their progress report on the Rural White Paper Rural England: A Nation Committed to a Living Countryside.

Lord Lucas

My right honourable friends the Secretary of State for the Environment and the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food intend to publish the progress reportRural England 1996 on 24th October 1996. This reports on progress in implementing the commitments made in Rural England, which we published in October 1995.