Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Environment, Food and Rural Affairs – in the House of Commons at 11:30 am on 19 July 2007.
As ever, the right hon. Gentleman speaks with common sense. What he suggests seems very sensible, so I think we should do it. All such decisions are a question of balancing the pros and cons, so the idea of balance sheet will be given consideration. Bob Russell made a similar point about food: such matters are not always as straightforward as they appear. We will do as the right hon. Gentleman suggests.