HC Deb 16 March 1989 vol 149 cc339-40W
15. Miss Widdecombe

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what responses he has received to his announcement of the farm and conservation grants scheme.

Mr. Ryder

This new scheme was given a warm welcome by organisations with an interest in countryside and environmental matters, such as the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and the Council for the Protection of Rural England, as well as by the National Farmers Union and the Country Landowners Association.