§ 64. Mr. Hurdasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the amount of the annual subvention from public funds on account of statutory smallholdings in England and Wales; the total number of such holdings; and to what extent the difference between the rents and the charges incurred is met by his Department in each county.
— 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 (partly estimated) The Argentine … 32 49 60 60 97 137 New Zealand … 76 90 84 87 90 98
§ 70. Mr. J. Hyndasked the Minister fo Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what information he now has as to the possibilities of importing meat into this country from France.
§ Mr. NugentThe import of uncooked meat from France is prohibited on animal health grounds, and in view of the foot-and-mouth disease position there I see
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§ Mr. NugentThe provision in the current Estimates for payments to small-holdings authorities in England and Wales is £744,500. These authorities now provide 17,757 holdings, of which 9,520 are full time.
Contributions each year on individual schemes are fixed in advance on the basis of estimated losses. I do not know how far, in practice, actual losses are covered by these contributions.