§ Mr. YeoTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what meetings he has held with farmers' representatives to involve them in the National Changeover Plan. [134021]
§ Mr. Nick Brown[holding answer 23 October 2000]: The Government are working in partnership with business, the wider public sector and the voluntary sector to continue the planning necessary to give the UK a • genuine option to take a decision early in the next Parliament to join a successful single currency.
My officials have consulted farmers' representatives about the option of receiving CAP payments in euro. In early August I announced the introduction of an arrangement making available payments in euro to traders for certain types of CAP market support measure.
§ Mr. YeoTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how much his Department has spent on the National Changeover Plan to date broken down into the main items of expenditure. [134022]
§ Mr. Nick Brown[holding answer 23 October 2000]: Information on investments in changeover planning by the public sector was set out in the Second Outline National Changeover Plan, published on 9 March 2000.