HC Deb 14 February 1985 vol 73 c258W
33. Dr. Twinn

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will ensure that schemes of environmental improvement on farms in the less-favoured areas should receive financial support from his Department.

Mrs. Fenner

My Department already provides assistance through the capital grant schemes to a range of environmentally desirable farm improvements. Moreover, we are pressing for the new EC structures regulation to incorporate wider powers to promote farming practices beneficial to the environment.