§ Mr. Strangasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list the experimental husbandry farms in England and Wales; and which of them it is planned to close.
§ Mr. Peter WalkerThe following is the list of ADAS experimental husbandry farms:
ENGLAND
- Arthur Rickwood, Mepal, Ely, Cambridgeshire;
- Bridgets, Martyr Worthy, Winchester, Hampshire;
- Gleadthorpe, Meden Vale, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire;
- Great House, Helmshore, Rossendale, Lancashire;
- Liscombe, Dulverton, Somerset;
- Rosemaund, Preston Wynne, Herefordshire;
- Boxworth, Boxworth, Cambridgeshire;
- Drayton, Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire;
- High Mowthorpe, Duggleby, Malton, Yorkshire;
- Redesdale, Rochester, Otterburn, Newcastle-upon-Tyne;
- Terrington, Terrington St. Clement, Kings Lynn, Norfolk.
WALES (Joint responsibility with the Secretary of State for Wales)
- Pwllpeiran, Cwmystwyth, Aberystwyth, Dyfed;
- Trawsgoed, Trawsgoed, Aberystwyth, Dyfed.
I am currently reviewing a range of options for deploying available resources in a way that most effectively meets the needs of the agriculture industry. Experimental husbandry farms are included in that review but no decisions have yet been taken.