HC Deb 24 November 1980 vol 994 c34W
Mr. Teddy Taylor

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what contribution his Department has made to the control of public expenditure.

Mr. Peter Walker

My Department carries out a rigorous scrutiny of existing and proposed new commitments with a view to securing the most economical implementation of agreed policies and recent instructions have further stressed the need to secure value for money in the use of public funds.