§ Mr. Johnasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries Town Tonnes and Food (1) in how many instances in each of the past five years payments of hill livestock compensatory allowances have been withheld on conservation grounds;
(2) if he plans to amend the hill livestock compensatory allowance scheme to take account of the problems of over-grazing and of consequential damage to semi-natural vegetation.
§ Mr. Gummer[pursuant to his reply, 21 November 1985, c. 301]: The existing rules and procedures governing the payment of hill livestock compensatory allowances already take account of the desirability of avoiding overgrazing, and these are kept under review.
I regret that the detailed information requested by the hon. Member is not readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.