§ Mr. CorbettTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what steps he is taking to ensure that there are adequate supplies of domestic wild plant seed to restore meadows under the Countryside Stewardship Scheme. [7359]
§ Mr. MorleyDomestic supplies of wild plant seed are obtained from harvesting existing species rich grassland meadows. The Countryside Stewardship scheme expects wild plant seed of local provenance to be used in the re-creation of species rich grassland or the restoration of hay meadows thereby generating a market for the material.