HC Deb 01 June 1981 vol 5 c297W
Mr. Best

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether, in the survey of agricultural marginal land areas in England, all of those counties are being surveyed which presently contain areas designated under the European Economic Community less favoured areas directive.

Mr. Wiggin

The survey of marginal land will include all land contiguous to the existing less favoured areas, designated under article 3(4) of European Communities Directive 75/268, together with substantial separate areas which are nearby in the old hill counties.