§ Mr. Bestasked the Secretary of State for Wales (1) whether, in the survey of agricultural marginal land areas in Wales, all of those counties are being surveyed which presently contain areas designated under the European Economic Community less favoured areas directive;
(2) if the Welsh Office Agriculture Department in its survey of agricultural marginal lands has survyed or intends to survey, land classified as grade 4 and 5 on the agricultural land classification map on Anglesey in the county of Gwynedd;
(3) when, following the survey of possible additional areas to be included within the European Economic Community less favoured areas directive, a case for these additional areas is likely to be presented to the European Commission.
§ Mr. Bestasked the Secretary of State for Wales whether the Welsh Office Agriculture Department in its 313W survey of agricultural marginal land has surveyed or intends to survey all land classified as grade 4 and 5 on the agricultural land classification map which lies outside the areas designated under the European Economic Community less favoured areas directive in the country of Gwynedd.
§ Mr. Nicholas EdwardsThe survey has been completed in the "old counties" of mainland Wales all of which contain areas designated under the European Community's less-favoured areas directive. All land classified as grades 4 and 5 on the agricultural land classification map was included in the survey. The position of Anglesey is being considered as a separate but related issue. The Government have not given any undertaking either that the present less-favoured areas will be extended or that if they are, extra public funds will be available. Any case for extending the less-favoured areas in the United Kingdom as a whole could be ready for submission to the European Commission by the end of the year.
Locality Local Authority Number of dwellings Fuel Llanedeym Cardiff 1,700 Oil Pentwyn Cardiff 950 Oil Rose Row, Aberdare Cynon Valley 184 Coal Manchester Place Cynon Valley 225 Coal Riverside Estate, Bagillt Delyn 105 Oil Flint Central Delyn 248* Oil 236† Oil Duffryn Newport 984 Oil Wildmill, Brigend Ogwr 479 Coal Eastside, Bettws Ogwr 90 Coal Lewistown, Ogmore Ogwr 177 Coal Penrhys Rhondda 949 Coal Penlan Swansea 297 Natural Gas Gibbonsdown, Barry Vale of Glamorgan 351 Natural Gas Cwmbran New Town Development Corporation 137 Oil * Phase I. † Phase II. The schemes are all controlled by local housing authorities. Four authorities are known to have undertaken detailed assessments which have led to proposals to replace the heating system with individual units.