HC Deb 01 July 2002 vol 388 cc51-2W
Mr. Breed

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will make a statement on the timetable and implementation of the Curry report. [63525]

Mr. Morley

My right hon. Friend the Prime Minister announced on 26 March a series of early actions as a first step towards implementing the report. At the same time, a comprehensive process of engagement with a wide range of stakeholders was launched to explore how to translate the commission's vision into action. This has included a series of regional and sectoral events and the publication of a document, "Sustainable Food and Farming: Working Together". Feedback from these is now being analysed and will help inform construction of a Strategy for Sustainable Food and Farming in England, to be launched in the autumn. The strategy will incorporate a response to all of the Policy Commission's recommendations.

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