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Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, when before Easter farmers will receive their HLCA and enhanced suckler cow payments. - (Holding answer 28 January 1998). Ref to 305 c591-2W dated 3.2.98.

Asked by

Michael Jack (Conservative)

Answering body

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Type

Written question

Status

Answered

Date

10 February 1998

Reference

25675; 306 c165W

House

House of Commons

Donoughue, Lord

Whether they were satisfied that: (a) the practice of spreading condensate produced by the rendering of cull cow cattle onto pasture which is grazed by farm animals is completely safe; and (b) that there is no danger to the health of humans who come into contact with such condensate. [HL...

Asked by

Earl of Shrewsbury (Crossbench)

Type

Written question

Status

Answered

Date

9 February 1998

Reference

HL 287; 585 c146-7WA

House

House of Lords

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, for what reasons he has postponed the implementation of the prohibition of green top milk; what is the nature of his review of green top milk.

Asked by

Patrick Nicholls (Conservative)

Answering body

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Type

Written question

Status

Answered

Date

6 February 1998

Reference

27963; 305 c822-3W

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will estimate how many farmers in (a) Scotland, (b) England, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland will receive (i) additional, (ii) lower and (iii) the same level of compensation under the package announced on 3rd February 1998 compared to...

Asked by

John Swinney (Scottish National Party)

Answering body

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Type

Written question

Status

Answered

Date

6 February 1998

Reference

28262; 305 c818W

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will list by county (a) the number of dairy herds, (b) the number of tuberculosis herd tests in 1997 and (c) the target intended for testing herds. - Inc table.

Asked by

James Paice (Conservative)

Answering body

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Type

Written question

Status

Answered

Tabled on

3 February 1998

For answer on

6 February 1998

Answered on

6 February 1998

Mr. Paice: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list by county (a) the number of dairy herds, (b) the number of tuberculosis herd tests in 1997 and (c) the target intended for testing herds. [28032] Mr. Rooker: Census data show holdings on which there are dairy herds. Some holdings may have more than one dairy herd and this will not be reflected in the figures at (a) below. For England the data relate to June 1996; for Wales they also relate to June 1996 and to Government Office Regions, not counties. Census data for Scotland relate to June 1997. TB herd tests at (b) include tests carried out on all cattle herds, beef and dairy. A further breakdown is not available. Figures are available by county but not for the Government Office Regions in Wales. CAPTION= Hansard Comment:TR="0"CP=""HR="1"BR="94"FN="1"CN="3"WC="768"CW1=" 2096"CW2="789"CW3="789&q _________________________________________________________________________________________________. County (a) Holdings with dairy cows (b) TB herd tests Northumberland 166 10 Tyne and Wear 18 0 Durham (ex Darlington) 285 292 (Durham) Cleveland and Darlington 63 42 (Cleveland) Cumbria 2,061 1,014 Lancashire 1,430 548 Cheshire 1,428 453 Greater Manchester 194 118 Merseyside 31 12 North Yorkshire 1,678 725 East Riding of Yorkshire and North 150 204 Lincolnshire (Humberside) West Yorkshire 371 316 South Yorkshire 199 111 Derbyshire 949 440 Nottinghamshire 165 152 Lincolnshire 189 178 Leicestershire and Rutland (Leicestershire) 460 172 Northamptonshire 152 109 Staffordshire 1,362 723 Shropshire 1,140 756 Hereford and Worcester 650 1,453 West Midlands 44 30 Warwickshire 281 118 Norfolk 216 232 Suffolk 148 144 Cambridgeshire 51 101 Bedfordshire 52 38 Hertfordshire 78 66 Essex 123 128 Greater London 24 15 Surrey 116 77 Kent 188 149 East Sussex 202 194 West Sussex 205 94 Hampshire 306 215 Isle of Wight 80 3 Oxfordshire 228 146 Buckinghamshire 182 135 Berkshire 85 55 Gloucestershire 546 1,455 North Somerset and South Gloucestershire 436 775 (Avon) Wiltshire 733 900 Somerset 1,422 1,031 Dorset 884 498 Devon 2,532 3,563 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 1,495 3,490 Aberdeen 137 381 Angus 25 122 Argyll 130 249 Ayr 573 415 Banff 32 178 Berwick 28 70 Bute 50 47 Caithness 28 126 Clackmannan {1}-- 5 Dumfries 323 236 Dumbarton 40 38 East Lothian 8 27 Fife 78 113 Inverness 65 113 Kincardine 34 54 Kinross 11 36 Kirkcudbright 162 161 Lanark 316 186 Midlothian 28 41 Moray 30 75 Nairn 11 15 Orkney 61 190 Peebles 10 29 Perth 50 215 Renfrew 85 71 Ross and Cromarty 54 69 Roxburgh 16 87 Selkirk {1}-- 22 Shetland 21 60 Stirling 77 72 Sutherland 18 34 West Lothian 37 28 Wigtown 239 154 North East Wales 894 -- Powys 528 -- South Wales 546 -- North West Wales 411 -- Ceredigon 644 -- Pembrokeshire 886 -- Carmarthenshire 1,261 -- Powys -- 671 Gwynedd -- 589 Clwyd -- 542 West Glamorgan -- 85 Mid Glamorgan -- 94 South Glamorgan -- 44 Gwent -- 713 Dyfed -- 1,747 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} denotes data withheld due to small numbers

Subjects

Cattle; Dairy farming; Disease control; Screening; Bovine tuberculosis

Date

6 February 1998

Reference

28032; 305 c818-20W

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Statement on what rates of aid will be paid to beef and sheep producers as a result of the package announced on 22nd December. - Includes figures.

Asked by

Tom Levitt (Labour)

Answering body

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Type

Written question

Status

Answered

Tabled on

2 February 1998

For answer on

3 February 1998

Answered on

3 February 1998

Mr. Levitt: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what rates of aid will be paid to beef and sheep producers as a result of the package announced on 22 December; and if he will make a statement. [27628] Dr. John Cunningham: I indicated in my statement that consultation with the Commission would be necessary. The Commission was not able to approve my proposals for an increase in HLCA rates for one year only, but Commissioner Fischler has co-operated with me in devising an acceptable alternative which maintains the overall value of the package at £85 million and divides the benefit between sheep and beef producers as I had originally proposed. I shall now therefore be utilising £85 million of the EU compensation available to off-set the effects of sterling green rate revaluations. £72.5 million will go to suckler cow producers on the basis of their 1996 claims; £12.5 million will go to sheep producers on the basis of their 1997 ewe premium claims. The latter sum will be drawn from compensation to be calculated in respect of the livestock headage payments whose rate is determined each year by the green rate applying on 1 January. For suckler cows, the rate of aid will be £44.20 per head. Precise figures for sheep will be determined shortly but I expect them to be around 50p per head at the basic rate and 73p per head in the LFA. I will separately be laying an order maintaining HCLA rates for 1998 at their 1996 levels.

Subjects

Compensation; Agriculture; Cattle; Disease; Disease control; EU action; Subsidy; BSE; Beef; Hill livestock allowance; Suckler cow premiums; Sheep premiums

Date

3 February 1998

Reference

27628; 305 c591-2W;305 c590-1W

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, in which EU member states the sale of unpasteurised milk (a) has been banned at any time since 1968 and (b) is currently banned, with the dates concerned in each case.

Asked by

Lord Tyler (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Type

Written question

Status

Answered

Date

2 February 1998

Reference

305 c549W; 27049

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will lift the weight restriction on cull cows under the over thirty month scheme.

Asked by

Huw Edwards (Labour)

Answering body

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Type

Written question

Status

Answered

Date

30 January 1998

Reference

26551; 305 c407W

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what plans he has to ban the sale of raw sheep and goat's milk.

Asked by

Lord Risby (Conservative)

Answering body

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Type

Written question

Status

Answered

Date

28 January 1998

Reference

25860; 305 c302W

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what estimate he has made of the cost to farmers of (a) a ban on the sale of raw cows' milk and (b) the cost of enforcement of a ban. - No figs given.

Asked by

Lord Risby (Conservative)

Answering body

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Type

Written question

Status

Answered

Date

28 January 1998

Reference

25838; 305 c302W

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, pursuant to his oral statement of 22nd December, Official Report, V303 c677-9, if he will give a breakdown of the £2 billion provided in 1996-97 and the £1.4 billion in 1997-98 to support the beef sector, identifying what the money was...

Asked by

Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Type

Written question

Status

Answered

Tabled on

20 January 1998

For answer on

27 January 1998

Answered on

27 January 1998

Mr. Kirkwood: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, pursuant to his oral statement of 22 December 1997, Official Report, column 677-79, if he will give a breakdown of the £2 billion provided in 1996-97 and the £1.4 billion in 1997-98 to support the beef sector, identifying what the money was spent on, and what proportion of the money was used in each year for Government food safety or public health measures. [25253] Mr. Rooker: [holding answer 26 January 1998]: For the requested breakdown of 1996-97 expenditure, I refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Glasgow, Pollock (Mr. Davidson) on 22 December 1997, Official Report, column 488-89. The latest estimates of the equivalent figures for 1997-98 are as follows (not including the measures announced in the package, of which the beef industry's share is £72.5 million): _________________________________________________________________________________________________. £ million Non-BSE related Suckler Cow Premium Scheme 222 Beef Special Premium Scheme 219 Hill Livestock Compensatory Allowances 52 Total (Non-BSE related) 493 BSE related Intervention 180 Export refunds -2 Over Thirty Month Scheme 395 Calf Processing Aid Scheme 54 Rendering Industry Support 69 Animal Feed Disposal Service 2 Suckler Cow Special Payments 8 Specified Risk Material Controls 23 Selective Cull 119 MLC/LMC Promotion Payments 2 Other Measures 21 Total BSE related 871 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. All the above expenditure relates to measures which support the beef industry, whether through direct payments, market intervention, rebuilding consumer confidence or in meeting the terms of the Florence Agreement in order to get the export ban lifted. Expenditure listed under Specified Risk Material Controls is principally concerned with increased controls in slaughterhouses and other meat plants and can properly be regarded as necessary to safeguard public health. The exclusion of meat from animals over thirty months of age from the food chain is a public health measure, but the market support provided in respect of such animals is not, properly speaking, public health expenditure.

Subjects

Environmental health; Industry; Food; Government assistance; Standards; Beef

Date

27 January 1998

Reference

25253; 305 c216-7W

House

House of Commons

Scottish Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will give the levels of (a) suckler cow, (b) ewe premium and (c) HLCA payments for beef and sheep per animal at cash prices and at 1997 prices for each of the last five years and his proposals for 1998-99....

Asked by

James Paice (Conservative)

Answering body

Scottish Office

Type

Written question

Status

Answered

Tabled on

13 January 1998

For answer on

22 January 1998

Answered on

22 January 1998

Mr. Paice: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give the levels of (a) suckler cow, (b) ewe premium and (c) HLCA payments for beef and sheep per animal at cash prices and at 1997 prices for each of the last five years and his proposals for 1998-99. [23483] Mr. Macdonald: [holding answer 16 January 1998]: Set out below are the levels of payment per animal under the three schemes, at cash prices and at 1997 prices, except for proposed rates for 1998-99 which are not yet known. Rates for the Sheep Annual and Suckler Cow Premium Schemes are fixed by the Commission. The 1998 rates of Hill Livestock Compensatory Allowance have yet to be finalised and approved by the Commission following the 1997 Autumn Review of Economic Conditions in the Hills and Uplands. Sheep annual premium scheme (ewe premium) _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Rate including LFA Supplement £ Rate excluding LFA Supplement £ Cash price 1997 price Cash price 1997 price 1993 24.41 27.32 19.25 21.55 1994 22.21 24.08 16.96 18.54 1995 26.95 28.47 21.26 22.46 1996 19.04 19.64 13.66 14.09 1997 Rate not yet finalised _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Suckler cow premium scheme _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Rate including extensification premium £ Rate excluding extensification premium £ Cash price 1997 Price Cash price 1997 Price 1993 93.90 105.12 65.73 73.58 1994 115.12 125.83 87.49 95.63 1995 143.04 151.10 114.43 120.88 1996 155.15 160.03 124.12 128.02 1997 -- -- 117.36 117.36 Cash price 1997 price _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Rate including lower rate extensification premium £ _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1997 total 146.52 146.52 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Rate including higher rate extensification premium £ _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1997 total 159.48 159.48 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Hill livestock compensatory allowance scheme _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Rates Cash price 1997 price Cash price 1997 price Cash price 1997 price Cash price 1997 price Cash price 1997 price 1993 1993 1994 1994 1995 1995 1996 1996 1997 1997 £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ SD: Non-HIE SQF 6.50 7.28 5.75 6.28 5,75 6.07 5.75 5.93 5.75 5.75 QF 3.60 4.03 3.00 3.28 3.00 3.17 3.00 3.09 3.00 3.00 Hill cows 63.30 70.86 47.50 51.92 47.50 50.18 47.50 48.99 97.50 97.50 SD: HIE (Highlands and Islands) SQF 7.14 7.99 6.39 6.98 6.39 6.75 6.39 6.59 6.39 6.39 QF 3.60 4.03 3.00 3.28 3.00 3.17 3.00 3.09 3.00 3.00 `A' Cows 66.35 74.27 50.55 55.25 50.55 53.40 50.55 52.14 103.76 103.76 `B' Cows 74.89 83.83 59.09 64.58 59.09 62.42 59.09 60.95 121.29 121.29 `C' Cows 79.16 88.61 63.36 69.25 63.36 66.93 63.66 65.35 121.49 121.49 Disadvantage d land Sheep 2.86 3.20 2.44 2.67 2.44 2.58 2.65 2.73 2.65 2.65 Cattle 31.65 35.43 23.75 25.96 23.75 25.09 23.75 24.50 69.75 69.75 ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________. Key: LFA--Less favoured area SD--Severely disadvantaged land HIE--Highlands and Islands Enterprise SQF--Specially qualified flock QF--Qualified Flock `A'--Cows-Hill Cattle maintained on `A' graded land `B'--Cows-Hill Cattle maintained on `B' graded land `C'--Cows-Hill Cattle maintained on `C' graded land.

Subjects

Compensation; Agriculture; Cattle; Land; Scotland; Subsidy; Hill livestock allowance; Hill farming; Suckler cow premiums; Sheep premiums

Date

22 January 1998

Reference

304 c690-2W;304 c684-6W; 23483

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what plans he has for 1998-99 to provide financial support to new entrants into farming; and on what criteria such support will be based.

Asked by

Jackie Ballard (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Type

Written question

Status

Answered

Date

22 January 1998

Reference

304 c680W;304 c674W; 24361

House

House of Commons

Scottish Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will comment on the practice of consumers in Scotland purchasing raw unpasteurised milk for drinking which originated from outlets in England.

Asked by

Michael Connarty (Labour)

Answering body

Scottish Office

Type

Written question

Status

Answered

Date

22 January 1998

Reference

24738; 304 c693W;304 c687W

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will give the levels of (a) suckler cow, (b) ewe premium and (c) HLCA payments for beef and sheep per animal in cash prices and at 1997 prices for each of the last five years and his proposals for...

Asked by

James Paice (Conservative)

Answering body

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Type

Written question

Status

Answered

Tabled on

13 January 1998

For answer on

19 January 1998

Answered on

19 January 1998

Mr. Paice: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will give the levels of (a) suckler cow, (b) ewe premium and (c) HLCA payments for beef and sheep per animal in cash prices and at 1997 prices for each of the last five years and his proposals for 1998-99. [23484] Mr. Rooker: [holding answer 16 January 1998]: The information requested is set out in the following tables. The proposed rates for 1998-99 are not yet available. Payment rates (£ per head)--Sheep annual premium scheme, suckler cow premium scheme, hill livestock compensatory allowances _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Sheep annual premium Suckler cow premium Including LFA supplement Excluding LFA supplied Including Excluding extensification premia extensification premia Cash prices 1997 prices Cash prices 1997 prices Cash prices 1997 prices Cash prices 1997 prices 1993 24.41 27.32 19.25 21.55 93.90 105.12 65.73 73.58 1994 22.21 24.28 16.96 18.45 115.12 125.83 87.49 95.63 1995 26.95 28.47 21.26 22.46 143.04 151.10 114.43 120.88 1996 19.04 19.64 13.66 14.09 155.15 160.03 124.12 128.02 1997 n/a n/a n/a n/a {1}159.48 {1}159.48 117.36 117.36 {2}146.52 {2}146.52 Hill livestock compensatory allowances SDA Beef cow DA Beef cow SDA High rate ewe SDA Lower rate ewe DA Ewe rate Cash 1997 Cash 1997 Cash 1997 Cash 1997 Cash 1997 prices prices prices prices prices prices prices prices prices prices 1993 63.30 70.86 31.65 35.43 6.50 7.28 3.60 4.03 2.86 3.20 1994 47.50 51.92 23.75 25.96 5.75 6.28 3.00 3.28 2.44 2.67 1995 47.50 50.18 23.75 25.09 5.75 6.07 3.00 3.17 2.44 2.58 1996 47.50 48.99 23.75 24.50 5.75 5.93 3.00 3.09 2.65 2.73 1997 {3}97.50 97.50 {4}69.75 69.75 5.75 5.75 3.00 3.00 2.65 2.65 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Rate less than 1 livestock unit per hectare. {2} Rate greater than 1 livestock unit and less 1.4 livestock units per hectare. {3} Includes beef special aid of £50.00. {4} Includes beef special aid of £46.00. LFA = Less Favoured Area. n/a = Not available. SDA = Severely Disadvantaged Area. DA = Disadvantaged Area. Final Sheep Annual Premium rate for 1997 not yet fixed.

Subjects

Agriculture; Subsidy; Hill livestock allowance; Suckler cow premiums; Sheep premiums

Date

19 January 1998

Reference

23484; 304 c450-2W;304 c446-8W

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what subsidies are paid to beef farmers in (a) the United Kingdom and (b) other European Union countries.

Asked by

Laurence Robertson (Conservative)

Answering body

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Type

Written question

Status

Answered

Tabled on

13 January 1998

For answer on

19 January 1998

Answered on

19 January 1998

Mr. Laurence Robertson: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what subsidies are paid to beef farmers in (a) the United Kingdom and (b) other European Union countries. [23358] Mr. Rooker: Beef farmers in all EU Member States, including the UK, may apply for subsidies under two EU-funded headage Schemes. The Suckler Cow Premium (SCP) Scheme provides an annual payment in respect of female breeding animals, while the Beef Special Premium (BSP) Scheme provides either one or two payments in respect of each male animal fattened for slaughter. Automatic "extensification" payments are made under both schemes to claimants with stocking rates below set levels. Additional EU-funded SCP payments are made to producers in geographical areas within the Union, including Northern Ireland, which meet certain economic and agricultural criteria. Limited nationally funded SCP payments are also made in some Member States. A Deseasonalisation Premium, designed to encourage a more even pattern of slaughterings throughout the year, may also be paid to producers in Member States where concentration of slaughtering in a certain time frame has historically proved a problem. All EU producers in Less Favoured Areas may additionally claim under national schemes (part-EU funded) designed to offset the structural handicap they face. In the UK, payments are made per head of eligible breeding cow under the Hill Livestock Compensatory Allowances scheme.

Subjects

EU countries; Suckler cow premiums; Beef premiums

Date

19 January 1998

Reference

23358; 304 c451W;304 c447W

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what stage the applications for EU compensation for (a) beef farmers, (b) dairy farmers and (c) sheep farmers affected by the BSE crisis have reached.

Asked by

Lembit Opik (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Type

Written question

Status

Answered

Date

12 January 1998

Reference

22444; 304 c92W

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how much public money was spent to support beef farming in the last year for which figures are available. - Inc fig.

Asked by

Ian Davidson (Labour; Cooperative Party)

Answering body

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Type

Written question

Status

Answered

Tabled on

16 December 1997

For answer on

22 December 1997

Answered on

22 December 1997

Mr. Davidson: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how much public money was spent to support beef farming in the last year for which figures are available. [21757] Mr. Rooker: Financial support (both direct and indirect) to beef farming made by the Agriculture Departments and the Intervention Board during the financial year 1996-97 amounted to £2,091.3 million. This was made up as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. £ million Non-BSE related Suckler Cow Premium Scheme 278.2 Beef Special Premium Scheme 252.6 Hill Livestock Compensatory Allowances{1} 112.0 Other 0.5 Total (Non-BSE related) 643.3 BSE-related Intervention 169.7 Export refunds -0.3 Over Thirty Months Scheme 857.4 Clean Beef Top Up Payments 4.2 Calf Processing Aid Scheme 51.4 Beef Stocks Transfer Scheme 50.9 Beef and Beef Products (disposal service) 0.9 Rendering Industry Support 96.1 Slaughter Industry Support 29.9 Animal Feed Disposal Service 0.3 Suckler Cow Special Payments 77.3 Beef Special Premium Special Payments 42.6 Beef Marketing Payment Scheme 58.2 Other Measures 9.4 Total (BSE-related) 1,448 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Financial year expenditure not available. This figure is for the 1997 Scheme year expenditure.

Subjects

Agriculture; Subsidy; Beef; Intervention Board

Date

22 December 1997

Reference

21757; 303 c488-9W

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what measures his Department is taking to encourage young people to enter the farming profession with particular reference to hill farming.

Asked by

Tom Levitt (Labour)

Answering body

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Type

Written question

Status

Answered

Date

17 December 1997

Reference

20370; 303 c229-30W

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, for what reasons there are no proposals in the CAP Agenda 2000 to pay premium on heifers bred for beef. (Holding answer 16 December 1997).

Asked by

Christopher Gill (Conservative)

Answering body

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Type

Written question

Status

Answered

Date

17 December 1997

Reference

303 c231W; 21199

House

House of Commons