§ Mr. CawseyTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when the Government will respond to the Policy Commission's report. [47166]
§ Margaret BeckettThe Prime Minister and the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs today held a seminar with leaders of the farming and food sectors and others with an interest in the environment and the rural economy and identified early actions to drive forward the Commission's report. A new strategy for sustainable farming and food, incorporating a definitive response to the Policy Commission's report will be published in the autumn. Actions to develop and deliver the strategy have been announced, including the publication today ofSustainable Food and Farming—Working Together: a document intended to focus discussion on key issues.
Copies of the document are available from the Libraries of the House. Details of the announcement and the document are also available in electronic form from the DEFRA website, www.defra.gov.uk.