HC Deb 07 February 1989 vol 146 c604W
Dr. Thomas

To ask the Minister of Agriculture. Fisheries and Food if he will specify each donation made by his Department in response to public appeals for financial aid during each financial year since 1979–80.

Mr. MacGregor

It is not usual for my Ministry to make donations to public appeals for financial aid but the Ministry has on occasion been prepared to sponsor projects within the purview of such appeals. The most recent example has been a £50K sponsorship of a project within the ambit of the British Food and Farming 1989 appeal. Identification of examples for the period back to 1979–80 could be undertaken only at disproportionate cost.