§ Mr. Welshasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he has any plans to inject cash into the hill livestock producing industry before the March 1979 introduction of increased hill livestock compensatory amounts and what effects he estimates that the delay in implementing these new hill livestock compensatory rates will have on the industry.
§ Mr. Hugh D. BrownThe Government will review the economic position of hill farmers in this country in the autumn to determine whether any change should be made in the payments due at the beginning of next year.
§ Mr. Welshasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what effect he calculates that the fall in value of the £ sterling has had on the value of payments due to be made to hill farmers under hill livestock compensatory amounts following the green pound devaluation of 2nd February 1978.
§ Mr. Hugh D. BrownNeither the fall in the value of sterling nor the devaluation of the green pound has had any direct effect on the rates or value of compensatory allowances payable in the United Kingdom.