§ Mr. John MackieI beg to move Amendment No. 22, in page 15, line 28, to leave out from 'provision' to 'that' in line 30 and insert 'designed to secure'.
In our discussion of Clause 12 in Committee on 26th July my right hon. Friend 183 promised the right hon. Member for Grantham (Mr. Godber) that he would consider a suggestion he made for amending Clause 12(5). The purpose of that subsection is to secure that while a farmer may get either beef cow subsidy or hill cow subsidy he may not get both on the one animal. On both sides of the Committee this was agreed as a proper objective; but it was accepted that, for certain technical reasons, it was not practicable to impose an absolute requirement in this sense on Ministers. The suggestion of the right hon. Member succinctly deals with the matter and after further consideration I am glad to accept it.
§ Mr. GodberI thank the Government very much for their wisdom in accepting my words. If only they would do so more often things would go much better.
§ Amendment agreed to.