Farming (Government Support)

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Environment, Food and Rural Affairs – in the House of Commons at 10:30 am on 15 December 2005.

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Photo of Jim Knight Jim Knight Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Rural Affairs, Landscape and Biodiversity), Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) (Rural Affairs, Landscape and Biodiversity) 10:30, 15 December 2005

We are ensuring that the farming industry becomes productive and competitive, and that means that we do not want to differentiate between the size of farms, as we need to reward those who are growing properly for the market. That said, we are considering the next round of the England rural development programme, which will include measures to support the farmers to whom the hon. Gentleman referred, along with many others.