§ 42. Mr. Patrick McNair-Wilsonasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will aid rural diversification by giving help and encouragement to farmers to market more of their own produce.
§ Mr. GummerThe measures to encourage diversification, which my right hon. Friend announced on 9 February, will include help with marketing the products of ancillary farming businesses such as food processing. This will be in addition to the encouragement that is already given to farmers to market their primary produce through agricultural co-operatives, by the advice available from Food From Britain and grants under the agricultural and horticultural co-operation scheme.