HC Deb 18 November 1998 vol 319 c684W
Mr. Gareth R. Thomas

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will make a statement on the development of environmental indicators for agriculture by the OECD for use in OECD member countries. [56772]

Mr. Morley

[holding answer 27 October 1998]: The OECD is developing a set of indicators to measure the environmental impacts of agriculture and agricultural policies across OECD countries.

The UK hosted a workshop on behalf of the OECD in York on 22-25 September to help progress this work. The workshop's conclusions and recommendations will be discussed at an OECD meeting in Paris on 14-16 December.

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