Recreational Facilities

HC Deb 16 November 1966 vol 736 cc127-8W

125. Earl of Dalkeith

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what legislative action he proposes to take to provide the

GRANTS AND SUBSIDIES AVAILABLE TO FARMERS IN SCOTLAND
Description	1960–61	1961–62	1962–63	1963–64	1964–65	1965–66 (provisional)
	£'000	£'000	£'000	£'000	£'000	£'000
I. Farming Grants and Subsidies
General Fertilisers Subsidy (towards the cost of nitrogenous and phosphatic fertilisers)	5,681	5,024	5,175	5,017	4,688	4,519
Lime Subsidy (towards acquiring, transport and spreading of lime)	2,112	1,915	2,285	2,008	2,201	1,975
Grants for Ploughing up Grassland (for ploughing up of grass at least three years' old)	2,548	2,513	2,405	2,467	1,703	1,692
Grassland Renovation Grants*	—	—	—	—	2	2
Field Drainage Grants (50 per cent. of cost of approved works)	225	239	268	247	320	327

Forestry Commission with the necessary powers to spend money on the provision of recreational facilities for the general public.

Mr. Ross

I am considering whether it is necessary to make any special provision for this in legislation dealing with the countryside in Scotland.