HC Deb 13 January 1981 vol 996 c522W
Mr. Morgan

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether, in view of the current financial difficulties of many farmers of marginal land, he will expedite the completion of the survey of such land currently being carried out by his Department.

Mr. Wiggin

The survey will be carried out as quickly as available resources perit. As my right hon. Friend said in his reply on 4 December to my hon. Friend the Member for Leek (Mr. Knox), our aim is to complete the survey for the whole of the United Kingdom before the end of 1981.