HC Deb 12 February 2002 vol 380 c262W
Mr. Bercow

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many acres of Grades 1, 2 and 3 agricultural land(a) in England and Wales and (b) in the Buckingham constituency were lost to development in each year since 1997. [32182]

Mr. Morley

The area of particular grades of agricultural land lost to development in England and Wales is not monitored on a systematic basis, partly because not all agricultural land has been surveyed by grade.