§ Mr. Ron DaviesTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what studies his Department has undertaken or commissioned to determine what savings are made in common agricultural policy commodity market support by farmers forestalling increased production by joining the pilot beef and sheep extensification scheme; and what are the results.
§ Mr. CurryThe Department has commissioned an evaluation of the beef and sheep pilot extensification schemes by Wye college (London university) and the centre for European agricultural studies at Wye, and we are awaiting the results.