HC Deb 22 February 1982 vol 18 c307W
Mr. Skeet

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will seek to amend sections 16 to 24 of the Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976, providing for succession on the death of a tenant, to introduce greater flexibility in the agricultural land market and to make it possible for young people to acquire farms.

Mr. Peter Walker

I have nothing to add to the reply I gave on 4 February to my hon. Friends the Members for Leominster (Mr. Temple-Morris) and Lichfield and Tamworth (Mr. Heddle).—[Vol. 17,c.532–3.]