§ Mr. JackTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list the organisations(a) from which he has received representations and (b) which he has consulted which have as part or all of their remit the promotion of (i) biodiversity at the level of the farm, (ii) integrated crop management schemes and (iii) organic farming. [50041]
Dr. John CunninghamThis Department carries out many consultations concerning the areas mentioned. Among the organisations which MAFF regularly consults on one or more of the issues mentioned by the right hon. Member are:
- BioDynamic Agriculture Association
- Butterfly Conservation
- Country Landowners Association
- Countryside Commission
- Elm Farm Research Centre
- English Heritage
- English Nature
- Environment Agency
- Farm and Food Society
- Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group
- Henry Doubleday Research Association
- Irish Organic Farmers and Growers Association
- Linking Farming and the Environment
- National Farmers Union
- Organic Farmers and Growers
- Organic Food Federation
- Organic Trust
- Plant Life
- Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
- SAFE Alliance
- Scottish Organic Producers Association
- Soil Association
- Sustainable Agriculture Development Group
- The Wildlife Trusts
- The Integrated Arable Crop Protection Alliance
- Ulster Organic Association
- World Wide Fund for Nature UK.