HC Deb 31 March 1995 vol 257 cc849-50W
Mr. Morley

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what plans he has to give grant aid to pig producers for the replacement of sow stalls and tethers. [17063]

Mr. Jack

I have no such plans. Pig producers have been given an eight-year adequate transitional period to introduce the new arrangements and have a unique opportunity to supply British consumers with pork and bacon produced to a high welfare standard. A grant aid scheme would not be fair to those producers who have already made the change.

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