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Mr. Drew
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what meetings have been held by Ministers and her officials in the last year with representatives of the wildlife trusts. [130594]
Margaret Beckett
My hon. Friend the Minister of State for Environment met Dr. Simon Lyster and John Everitt of the Wildlife Trusts on 2 December 2002. In addition, representatives of the Wildlife Trusts regularly meet with Defra officials on matters of mutual interest, and have attended numerous functions where Defra Ministers have been present.