Environment Food and Rural Affairs written question – answered at on 27 November 2006.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what progress he has made in his discussions with the National Farmers' Union and the Environment Agency to limit the financial impacts on farmers of introducing integrated pollution prevention and control; and if he will make a statement.
My noble Friend the Lord Rooker recently met both representatives of the industry and Peter Kendall from the National Farmers' Union to discuss this matter. We have assured them that we are reviewing what further might be able to be done to streamline and reduce the costs of these regulatory requirements.
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