HC Deb 03 November 1994 vol 248 cc1366-7W
Sir Teddy Taylor

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (1) what is the current payment per acre for set-aside land; and what is the total amount which he expects to pay to British farmers for this arrangement in the current year;

(2) on what grounds he has proposed to the Commission that recipients of the set-aside scheme should be permitted to grow trees on such land;

(3) if he will make a statement outlining the subsidies, grants and allowances which are available for the growing of trees in the United Kingdom; and if such payments would be available to occupiers of set-aside land in the event of the Commission agreeing to his proposals for the flexible use of set-aside land.

Mr. Jack

I will write to the hon. Member.