47. Captain A. Evansasked the Minister of Agriculture what requests he has received to date in connection with the offer of State assistance towards supplies of basic slag and lime; and how many of these requests and to what value have come from Wales?
§ Mr. RamsbothamUp to 30th November, 44,223 applications for contribution in respect of lime and basic slag purchased under the Land Fertility Scheme had been received from occupiers of agricultural land in the United Kingdom; of these it is estimated that 4400 applications were made by occupiers in Wales. It is further estimated that the total amount of the contributions to be made to occupiers in Wales in respect of those applications would be about £16,000