HC Deb 08 June 1971 vol 818 cc302-3W
Mr. Deakins

asked the Secretary of State for Employment why he cut the current budget of the Agricultural Training Board by £50,000.

Mr. Dudley Smith

The projected increase above the Board's previous year's expenditure on its agricultural and horticultural activities was more than my right hon. Friend could accept at a time when he is looking seriously to training boards generally to contain and, where possible, reduce their expenditure. Some boards have already managed to reduce their levy demand.