§ Mr. DalyellTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, pursuant to his letter of 8 October concerning the agri-environment programme and farmland birds (108634), when he expects to respond to the three-year BTO project interim report. [14468]
§ Mr. RookerI expect to respond when final results of the British Trust for Ornithology project, due in October 1998, are available and have been assessed.
Meanwhile, steps taken to help reserve the decline in farmland birds were outlined by my hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions on 27 October, Official Report, column 715.