Former MP for North Dorset
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what was the amount of grant paid during the last twelve months for water supplies, drainage and road works; and how many farms were concerned.
May I ask my right hon. Friend how these grants compare with those of previous years? Does he think that as a result of this expenditure we shall have some further increase of production from the farms concerned?
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation if he will introduce one-way traffic in central London.
I thank my right hon. Friend for his reply. I have in mind central London itself. Will he consider having one-way traffic along Piccadilly, Regent Street, Oxford Street, and Park Lane? Petrol will be coming off ration before the year is out, and yesterday the Chancellor said he anticipated an increase of £2 million in the revenue from motor taxation. In view of that, it seems that before the...
For the last two days we have been listening to debates concerning our national finances. Unfortunately, Mr. Speaker, you have been unable to listen to them. I want to bring a breath of air from the countryside. I wish to raise some questions about the calf subsidy. I feel that I have a real grievance to present to the House on behalf not only of many of my constituents but many...
I should like my hon. Friend to support me and not one of his officers who arrived at a farm quite recently and said, "Shorthorns? You have had it." Does my hon. Friend support that?
I thank my hon. Friend for what he has said. Can he also give me an assurance that never again will a certifying officer sit in his motor car and say, "Because they are Shorthorns they are out"?
I should like, first, to congratulate my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer upon the way in which he introduced his Budget and the excellent Budget that it is. I was not disappointed in what he did—
