§ Mr. Dalyellasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what timetable he has in mind for implementing the recommendations of the Committee on Contract Farming, which has reported to him.
§ Mr. GodberThe Government have already announced that they accept the committee's judgment of contract farming and that producer groups and second-tier groups need developing. On the specific recommendation that there should be a new statutory body the Green Paper on Agricultural and Horticultural Marketing (Cmnd. 5121) invites views 335W from the industry, and we shall take a decision in the light of those views.—[Vol. 842, c. 98–9.]