(1)The Ministers shall publish an annual report on such matters relevant to price support for agricultural produce as they consider appropriate and include in the report such account as they consider appropriate of developments in agricultural policy, so far as relevant to such matters.
(2)In subsection (1) above, the reference to agricultural policy includes policy relating to agriculture and the environment.
(3)In this section—
“agriculture” and “agricultural” shall be construed in accordance with section 109(3) of the M1Agriculture Act 1947; and
“the Ministers” means the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretaries of State concerned with agriculture in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland acting jointly.
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