HC Deb 12 May 1967 vol 746 cc325-6W
Mr. Elystan Morgan

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what was the total of direct commodity subsidies paid by him to farmers in Wales in 1966.

Mr. John Mackie

I regret that the information about the payments of direct commodity subsidies (that is, for fatstock and cereals) to farmers in Wales in 1966 cannot be produced without undue expenditure of time and effort. My hon. Friend might like to know, however, that fatstock guarantee payments made in 1966 on animals presented at Welsh certification centres amounted to approximately £2.1 million and that cereals deficiency payments made to farmers in Wales in respect of the 1965 crop year ended 30th June, 1966, were approximately £1.0 million.