HC Deb 22 June 2000 vol 352 cc296-7W
Mr. Yeo

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what effect the funding arrangements for the expansion of the agri-environment schemes will have on overall farm incomes. [122968]

Mr. Nick Brown

[holding answer 22 May 2000]: Section 7 of the England Rural Development Plan describes the economic impact on farmers of the Rural Development Regulation and the mechanism for funding the measures. Copies of the Plan were placed in the Library of the House.