HC Deb 10 March 2000 vol 345 c869W
Mr. Jack

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will estimate by how much plantings of biomass would have to be increased on an annual basis(a) to save the equivalent of the horticulture industry's current carbon dioxide output and (b) to save the equivalent of two million tonnes of carbon dioxide annually, using the same basis for his calculation as that used in page 7/5 of the England Rural Development Plan 2000–06. [113363]

Ms Quin

[holding answer 8 March 2000]: I will write to the right hon. Member with the information he has requested as soon as possible and arrange to place a copy of the letter in the Libraries of the House.