Agriculture (Price Review)

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 20 March 1958.

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Photo of Mr John Hare Mr John Hare , Sudbury and Woodbridge 12:00, 20 March 1958

I do not know what pledge the hon. Gentleman is referring to. It is true that some discussion has been going on about further credit schemes for farmers, but, under present financial circumstances, that has been ruled out. However, I think that the scheme that we have in mind for small farmers will be of very great benefit to them. The rough outline is that we shall have certain criteria—on acreage, a certain type of self-employed man with, perhaps under certain conditions, another man working for him, a scheme based on better grass conservation and annual grants injected into the farm to make it a viable unit and able to stand on its own feet.