§ Mr. Pawseyasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list the other bodies which receive finance from his Department to which he referred in his reply to the hon. Member for Rugby, Official Report, 10 May, c. 179; and how much was paid to each in the last financial year.
§ Mr. Peter WalkerAs a spending Department my Ministry makes payments to a great number and variety of bodies and organisations—for example, farming co-operatives; private companies; producer organisations such as the agricultural marketing boards; local government sector bodies and so on—as well as to the non-departmental public bodies referred to in my reply to the hon. Member of 10 May. A comprehensive list of these other bodies and organisations and the sums involved could not be produced without disproportionate cost.