§ Mr. Dalyellasked the Minister of Agriculture. Fisheries and Food if he will make a statement on his negotiations in Brussels on help to hill farmers and farmers of marginal land.
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§ Mr. StrangI reported on these negotiations to the House on 17th February and 1st May this year—[Vol. 886, c. 918 and 929–930; Vol. 891, c. 742.]—The Less-Favoured Areas Directive was finally adopted by the Council of Agriculture Ministers on 28th April 1975. It provides a Community contribution of 25 per cent. towards aid to hill farmers and covers all those areas in the United Kingdom in which the full range of hill subsidies is now available. We aim to implement the directive early in 1976.