§ Mr. William Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will enumerate and identify the individual grants to small farmers, indicating on what basis they are payable, and how much was spent on each in each of the last six years.
§ Mr. RossThere are three schemes of grants specifically designed to assist small farmers in Scotland, and information about them is given in the appended statement. The other grants listed in the Reply which I gave to my hon. Friend on 16th November, 1966 are also available to small farmers, but the amounts paid to them cannot be separately identified.—[Vol. 736, c.127–30.]
Following is the statement: