§ Mr. MacdonaldTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment (1) if he will make it his policy to include aquaculture in the Government loans guarantee scheme until a new credit scheme to include agriculture and horticulture can be established to replace the scheme ended by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in March;
(2) when he expects to announce a replacement for the agriculture credit schemes which ended in March; and whether he will seek to include aquaculture in the Government loans guarantee scheme in the meantime.
§ Mr. EggarMy Department is actively considering the feasibility of including agriculture and horticulture in the loan guarantee scheme and I expect to announce a decision shortly.