HC Deb 13 January 2000 vol 342 c239W
16. Mr. Ben Chapman

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what steps his Department is taking to help farmers in marketing and product development. [103789]

Ms Quin

Many. For instance, £2 million was made available at the end of last year to support projects designed to help farmers improve their marketing. Over the next seven years I am providing £44 million for marketing and processing grants and additional expenditure for the marketing of quality agricultural products under the new Rural Enterprise Scheme.