§ Mr. Biffenasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will make a statement on the policy of the British Government towards the proposal, advocated by French agricultural interests, that milk production should be included in the proposed Common Market grant aid for hill and marginal areas.
§ Mr. Anthony StodartThe hill and marginal areas of the United Kingdom are mainly suitable for livestock rearing. We would not want to support proposals for aid to dairy farming in those areas which would aggravate the surplus of milk production in the Community as a whole.