HC Deb 14 June 1995 vol 261 c566W
Mr. Morley

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if EU proposals for early retirement schemes for farmers apply to pig farmers; and if he will make a statement. [25743]

Mr. Jack

Council regulation No. 2079/92 provides for early retirement schemes for farmers but does not differentiate between types of farming. The regulation does not require member states to set up early retirement schemes and because the terms are not appropriate to the conditions of agriculture in the Untied Kingdom we have not done so.