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A delegation could go, and members who are interested could contact Lynn Tullis so that a date can be arranged. If a suitable date can be found, we can go along.
I have circulated a brief progress report on our work to date. Members can see from it that I am in the process of meeting and consulting various groups.
The other issue is that of including in the Sewel motion the date of introduction. I know that there have already been examples in the Parliament of bills that have been introduced and Sewelled but which have fallen, with the process starting again.
I understand that we are constrained by two factors. One is the date by which we must produce a document and the other is the date on which the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whatever his or her political hue, decides to publish his or her spending intentions.
Since the organic boom took off in the late 1990s, we have not had a serious consumer recession. Common sense says that if we had such a recession and consumer confidence was badly shaken, growth in the organic market would slow.
Such reports are normally very brief and we are about to go into a week's recess, so I propose that we seek to agree the text of our report by e-mail correspondence.