HC Deb 26 July 2000 vol 354 c687W
19. Mr. Fabricant

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales when he will meet the First Secretary to discuss farm incomes in south Wales. [130895]

Mr. Paul Murphy

I meet the First Secretary on a regular weekly basis and we discuss a wide range of issues. I am hopeful that the Rural Development Plan for Wales, coupled with support from Objectives 1, 2 and 3 of the European Structural Funds and the industry's own resilience and coherent approach to rural development, will result in an improved level of farm incomes not only in south Wales but the whole country.