§ Mr. LlwydTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many regulations relating to agriculture were extant(a) in 1997 and (b) on the latest date for which figures are available. [107270]
§ Alun MichaelThis information is not available in the form requested as it would involve looking at all legislation, both EC and UK, introduced by different Government Departments to consider whether it related to agriculture. Such information could only be assembled at disproportionate cost.