§ Mr. Millanasked the Secretary of State for Scotland, in the light of the European Commission's proposals for an agricultural development programme for Western Ireland costing £167 million and a programme for Italy costing £280 million, what proposals for agricultural or other development in Scotland, and at what cost, he is putting to the European Commission.
§ Mr. YoungerA proposal by the Commission of the European Community for a development programme for the Outer Hebrides at a cost of about £20 million over five years will be discussed by the Council of Ministers (Agriculture) later this month. The Commission has been made fully aware of the agricultural situation in Scotland, and I shall examine on their merits any further proposals it may bring forward.