HC Deb 09 February 1998 vol 306 c14W
Mr. Jack

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will list,with reference to the consultation exercise carried out prior to the publication of "Rural England 1996" Cm 3444, those individuals and organisations who attended each of the public consultation meetings, where each meeting was held and when. [28536]

Angela Eagle

A large number of conferences and seminars were held following the publication of the Rural White Paper, "Rural England: A Nation Committed to a Living Countryside" in 1995. "Rural England 1996" reported that these events were arranged by voluntary agencies, parish, district and county councils. Government Ministers participated in over 50 of such meetings. Records of the individuals and organisations who attended each of the meetings are not held centrally.