Mr. Geraint Morganasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he can now give an assurance that all existing lime and drainage subsidies will be continued at their present or a higher level till at least 1st January 1975.
§ Mr. Anthony StodartAs regards field drainage, as I stated in my reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Oswestry (Mr. Biffen) on 17th October, my right hon. Friend intends in due course to make a statement on the Farm Capital Grant Scheme. As to the lime subsidy, I cannot anticipate the determinations which will be made after the next annual review.—[Vol. 861, c. 202–3.]