§ Mr. Gordon PrenticeTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what representations he has received from farmers on the effect of ploughing up land with the aim of discouraging illegal encampments on elibigility for set-aside payments in respect of that land.
§ Mr. CurryNone. Set-aside fields can be ploughed to create a bare fallow from 1 May. Requests for an exemption from the management rules to plough the margin of a set-aside field earlier than this to help prevent illegal access have been treated sympathetically.