HC Deb 22 January 1997 vol 288 c671W
Sir Irvine Patnick

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what recent discussions he has had with farmers in South Yorkshire regarding BSE and other related matters. [11662]

Mrs. Browning

I met representatives of the National Farmers' Union, Country Landowners Association, Tenant Farmers' Association and Women's Farming Union on 3 December at the North East regional panel meeting to discuss BSE.

No other official engagements have been undertaken by Ministers in the South Yorkshire area recently.