Former MP for Ryedale
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will set up a royal commission to inquire into agriculture's current situation and make recommendations as to the future of the industry.
Will my right hon. Friend keep this matter under review? As he will be aware, in the light of his Berlin speech, the external and internal pressures on the industry are reaching enormous proportions. There are pressures with respect to land use, conservation, use of the countryside, urban development, and so on. Does my right hon. Friend not think that a fully blown royal commission looking...
Can my right hon. Friend make arrangements soon for a debate on the fifth report of the Select Committee on Agriculture about the imminent accession of Spain and Portugal to the European Community, which will have considerable potential for the benefit of the British economy?
Despite what Opposition Members have said, many on these Benches, and the majority of people in the country, will welcome the provisions in the Queen's Speech and the programme to which we are looking forward. I am happy to see an undertaking: A Bill will be brought before Parliament to make new provision for the protection of animals used for experimental or other scientific purposes. I am...
I am obliged to my hon. Friend for making that point. There will be adequate opportunity for hon. Members to develop that and similar arguments, in relation not only to Scotland but to other parts of the United Kingdom. I welcome the new signposting experiments that are being conducted in two areas. That, too, will be of importance to the tourist industry—an an industry which the Leader...
Does the hon. Gentleman intend to apply his ideas not only to houses but to flats on long lease and to houses in multi-occupation? The hon. Gentleman keeps mentioning houses, but I do not know the definition of "houses".
Is my right hon. Friend aware that the policing of the agreement causes considerable concern? Is he satisfied that we have sufficient resources adequately to police the agreement? Does he agree that policing and conservation are vital to the inshore fishermen of the east coast?
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when he now expects to get agreement in the Council of Ministers to extend the Community's less favoured areas directive to United Kingdom marginal land.
