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Shropshire County Council: Unitary Councils

Daniel Kawczynski: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what documentation her Department received from political lobbyists working for Shropshire county council in (a) February, (b) March, (c) April, (d) May and (e) June 2007. [147667]

John Healey: We have received no documentation from political lobbyists in connection with the proposal for a unitary Shropshire.

Daniel Kawczynski: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what guidance her Department provided to local councils in (a) running and (b) funding campaigns over their bids for unitary authority status. [147794]

John Healey: The Department wrote to all chief executives in areas affected by the 16 unitary proposals under consultation, drawing their attention to the code of recommended practice on local authority publicity. The code makes it clear that local authorities should not at any time use public funds to mount publicity campaigns whose primary purpose is to persuade public to hold a particular view on a question of policy, and that authorities must take particular care when publicity is issued immediately prior to an election.

Daniel Kawczynski: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what plans she has to meet councillors from Shrewsbury council to discuss the unitary authority proposals for Shropshire. [147664]

John Healey: On 19 June, Ministers met with representatives of a number of Shropshire district councils, including Shrewsbury and Atcham to hear their representations on the proposal from Shropshire county council and Oswestry borough council for a unitary Shropshire. The consultation closed on 22 June and we have no plans for any such further meetings.

Daniel Kawczynski: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what meetings her Department has had with lobbyists working for Shropshire county council to discuss the proposed unitary authority for Shropshire. [147665]

John Healey: None.

World War II: Genocide

Miss Kirkbride: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what assessment she has made of the Holocaust Educational Trust’s Lessons from Auschwitz project. [150251]

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Mr. Dhanda: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to my hon. Friend the Member for Hendon (Mr. Dismore) on 17 July 2007, Official Report, column 217W.

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture

Matthew Taylor: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the average farm size was in the (a) dairy, (b) crop, (c)
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horticulture, (d) livestock, (e) poultry and (f) organic sectors in (i) Cornwall, (ii) the South West and (iii) England in each year since 1979. [149219]

Jonathan Shaw: The following tables show the average holding size in (i) Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly (ii) the South West and (iii) England by predominant activity for 1995 to 2005. Holdings which farm organically are included in the results but cannot be identified separately. Data for 2006 will be available later this month.

Source:

June Agricultural Survey.

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Average size of registered holdings (hectares) in (i) Cornwall, (ii) the South West and ( ii i) England 1995 to 2005 by predominant farm type
	Cereals	General cropping	Horticulture	Pigs and poultry	Dairy	Cattle and sheep (LFA)	Cattle and sheep (Lowland)	Mixed	Other	Total
1995
Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly	66.31	64.32	13.7	11.39	63.49	50.14	33.78	74.06	13.65	41.33
South West Region	118.29	87.93	10.43	16.79	74.48	62.34	35.56	103.78	17.45	51.37
England	119.78	124.53	10.94	16.44	70.32	89.17	35.86	104.35	17.32	63.42
1996
Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly	67.84	60.27	11.24	10.65	65.35	50.38	33.35	73.87	13.30	40.87
South West Region	119.47	80.35	9.78	16.55	75.53	59.29	35.90	104.74	16.67	50.87
England	120.02	126.25	10.98	16.27	71.35	89.11	35.92	105.58	16.71	63.52
1997
Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly	67.09	71.84	13.99	10.72	66.16	47.67	34.54	72.05	11.42	40.43
South West Region	119.88	87.34	11.24	16.23	75.61	59.75	36.13	102.95	15.27	50.63
England	122.65	133.25	12.04	15.92	71.48	90.82	36.17	103.55	15.49	63.71
1998
Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly	67.77	67.41	14.10	10.84	66.55	46.71	34.82	73.77	11.43	40.12
South West Region	119.51	86.95	11.59	15.46	74.43	60.12	35.82	107.36	15.60	50.23
England	121.93	135.31	12.18	15.27	70.85	87.27	35.68	106.10	15.89	63.32
1999
Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly	73.68	74.00	15.05	10.59	69.38	47.32	33.51	76.25	11.63	40.62
South West Region	124.26	97.34	11.87	15.41	77.03	59.72	34.36	106.87	13.92	48.69
England	123.93	138.57	12.67	15.22	73.36	86.47	34.41	108.16	14.62	62.16
2000
Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly	66.50	84.39	12.00	5.81	72.36	49.81	33.72	70.79	6.13	33.25
South West Region	128.88	100.81	8.65	10.92	82.19	62.41	34.03	101.80	7.73	41.43
England	127.64	145.50	9.92	12.10	78.19	87.64	33.41	106.57	8.25	53.91

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