HC Deb 03 March 1997 vol 291 c512W
Mr. David Atkinson

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will make a statement on the effect of his Department's policies on the residents of Bournemouth since 1992, with special reference to the effects of changes in the resources provided in real terms. [14947]

Mr. Boswell

The residents of Bournemouth alongside those living elsewhere have benefited from MAFF policies which have led to rising farm incomes, greater protection for the interests of farmers and consumers and new measures to safeguard food and public health, while local grant-aided expenditure on flood and coastal defence amounts to more than £1.5 million over the past five years.