HC Deb 29 January 1988 vol 126 c422W
Mr. Malcolm Bruce

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will make a statement on how the EEC proposals for land set-aside will affect less-favoured areas.

Mr. MacGregor

The Council of Ministers is still considering the Commission's latest suggestions on the terms of a Community set-aside scheme. In discussions of those I am having careful regard to the interests of producers in less-favoured areas as well as those in other parts of the country.