§ 43. Mr. Peter Millsasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if, pursuant to his reply, Official Report 15 May, column 621, he will detail the aid given to the horticulture industry, and particularly to the glasshouse sector.
§ Mr. WigginThe Government give aid to the horticulture industry in the form of grants on a wide range of capital investments, with rates ranging from 5 per cent. to 50 per cent. of approved expenditure, research and development and free advice to growers from the Agricultural Development and Advisory Service. The glasshouse sector benefits from all of these and also from full repayment of excise duty, and zero rating for VAT, in respect of oil used for glasshouse heating and soil sterilisation.