Mr. Watkinsasked the Minister of Agriculture the result of his discussions with the Welsh Agricultural Organisation Society on the problem of group contracts as a means of overcoming the difficulties of getting work done in remote areas as recommended in paragraph 27 of Command Paper No. 9014, on rural Wales and whether he will make a statement.
Mr. AmoryThe Society has made a helpful analysis of the causes of delay in carrying out improvement schemes; but this has led me to conclude that quicker progress can be made by fuller use of existing organisations and facilities than by the establishment of an entirely new organisation, as the Society recommends.
118WThere has been consultation with the Welsh Hill Farming Advisory Committee and it agrees. We hope shortly to receive the views of the Council for Wales and Monmouthshire.