County Council Farms (Hansard, 18 May 1989)

§ Mr. Ron Davies
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what is his policy on the sale of county council farms.

§ Mr. Ryder
It is the Government's policy to leave decisions on the sale of smallholdings to the smallholdings authorities concerned.

§ Mr. Ron Davies
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many county council farms there are in respect of each county of England and Wales.

§ Mr. Ryder
The 38th annual report to Parliament on smallholdings in England (1 April 1987 to 31 March 1988) is now available in the Library of the House. Table 3 gives details of the number of smallholdings provided by county councils. A similar report for Wales is also available.