Rural England White Paper

HC Deb 09 July 1998 vol 315 c628W

Mr. Jack

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food which organisations attended consultation meetings with Ministers held in connection with its production of the Rural England White Paper, Command 3016. [48608]

Dr. John Cunningham

As the right hon. Member will no doubt recall, a number of seminars and other meetings took place in 1995 prior to the publication of the previous administration's White Paper "Rural England" (Cmnd 3016). They were attended by a range of organisations representing rural interests.