Then as a result of pinching money from the Road Fund, the rates in agricultural areas go up, and now those districts are appealing against it and there is a Crisis in the Agricultural Industry.
-Colonel WINDSOR-CLIVE asked the Minister of Agriculture what immediate steps the Government proposes to take in order to deal with the Crisis in the Agricultural Industry?
The hon. Members for Torrington (Mr. Peter Mills), Dumfries (Mr. Monro) and Holland with Boston (Mr. Body) spoke, rather extravagantly, I thought, about what they were pleased to call a Crisis in the Agricultural Industry.
This being one of those days when the Opposition have the choice of the subject for debate, we have decided that we should talk about the current Crisis in the Agricultural Industry.
You will be aware of the Crisis in the Agricultural Industry, which has been greatly exacerbated by the Government's announcement about meat on the bone.