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Volume 889: debated on Monday 24 March 1975

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asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will specify the grants and loans which have been approved for the north-west area from the European Agricultural Giudance and Guarantee Fund since 1st January 1973.

No loans have been approved. The Guidance section of the Fund is committed to pay £11·9 million in grant towards United Kingdom individual projects under the Community's 1973 Individual Project Scheme and the first allocation under the 1974 scheme. The Commission has not yet decided on the projects to be included in the second allocation. Details and location of United Kingdom projects approved under the 1973 scheme and the first allocation of the 1974 scheme are below.A geographical breakdown of the FEOGA contribution to grants made for common and special measures under the Guidance section of the Fund is not available. The United Kingdom has so far received about £20,000 as a contribution towards 1973 expenditure on such measures. Claims for 1974 expenditure have not yet been submitted.

DETAILS OF INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS APPROVED FOR FEOGA GRANT 1973
ENGLAND AND WALES

EEC Reference Number

EEC Description of Project

UK/1/73Construction of wholesale food market. Birmingham.
UK/8/73Construction of factory for cheese and milk products. Maelor. Flintshire.
UK/9/73Expansion of Stilton cheese factory at Hartington, Derbyshire.
UK/I0/73Construction and equipping of egg packing stations in Wiltshire, Surrey and Gloucestershire.
UK/11/73Reorganisation of drainage at Upwell Fen, Cambridgeshire
UK/12/73New pumping station, Cambridgeshire.
UK/13/73Modernisation and extension of pig processing factory at Elmswell. Suffolk.
UK/15173Reorganisation of drainage schemes in Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire.
UK/16/73Construction of new seed handling complex at Rothwell, Lincolnshire.
UK/17/73Construction of flood prevention embankments, River Lugg near Hereford.
UK/20/73Conversion of non-refrigerated store into cheese pre-packing unit and cold store, Johnstown, Carmarthen.
UK/21/73Construction of two pumping stations and drainage improvements. Appleby Carrs and North Kelsey Carrs, Lincolnshire.
UK/22/73Replacement of obsolete horticultural and fish wholesale market Bradford.
UK/27/73Drainage scheme on east bank of River Ouse, Norfolk.
UK/29/73Flood prevention measures on Sudell Brook, Lancashire.
UK/32/73Construction of two beef production research units, Leicestershire and Ingleston, Edinburgh.
UK/33/73Construction of two stern trawlers to be based at Hull, Yorkshire.
UK/37/73Extension and modernisation of cheese manufacturing capacity and installation of whey processing facilities. Llandyrnog Dairy. Denbighshire.
UK/49/73Construction of seven water pumping stations and associated works at Witham Valley, Lincolnshire.
UK/50/73Flood prevention measures on River Wharfe, Yorkshire.
UK/52/73Flood prevention measures on River Ouse, Yorkshire.
UK/53/73Flood prevention measures. Market Weighton Canal and River Foulness, Yorkshire.
UK/58/73Flood prevention measures between Selby and Sherburn-in-Elmet, Yorkshire.
UK/59/73Modernisation and expansion of bacon and pork factory, Norton, Yorkshire.
UK/60/73Flood prevention measures, Winestead Drain, Yorkshire.
UK/65/73Extension of laboratory for research into toxicological problems relating to agricultural and processed food products, Carshalton, Surrey.
UK/72/73Milk standardisation at three dairies in Glamorganshire and Monmouthshire.
UK/75/73Construction of grain storage and denaturing plant, Gloucester.
UK/82/73Construction of flume tank for testing model trawls at Hull.
UK/83/73Extension and improvement of co-operative grass drying plant. Holton-le-Clay, Lincolnshire.
UK/87/73Intensification of bulk milk collection in England and Wales.
UK/89/73Extension and modernisation of dairy at Durham.
UK/9l/73Improvement of drainage, water supply and roads on agricultural estate near Harrogate, Yorkshire.
UK/92/73Intensive drainage and ditching work on agricultural estate in North Riding of Yorkshire.
UK/93/73Land drainage works in parishes of Scrayingham and Acklam in East Riding of Yorkshire.
UK/94/73Construction of farm roads and bridge near Ramsey, Huntingdonshire.
UK/96/73Construction of central grain drying, cleaning and storage centre at Wimblington, Cambridgeshire.
UK/99/73Land drainage works on an agricultural estate near Skipton, Yorkshire.
UK/104/73Construction of buildings and plant for liquid milk standardisation at a dairy near Liverpool.
Total amount of grant: £4,679,966.

SCOTLAND

EEC Reference Number

EEC Description of Project

UK/24/73.Construction of a finishing vessel to be based at Whalsey.
UK/26/73 UK/42–44/7.3,UK/47/73and UK/66/73Construction of eight fishing vessels to be based at Perterhead.
UK/30/73Construction of a fishing vessel to be based at Fraserburgh.
UK/5/73Construction of a Cheddar cheese-making factory at Sorbie.
UK/48/73Construction of a cheese-making and milk products factory at Lockerbie.
UK/2/73Construction of a processing complex for cheese and allied dairy products at Inverness.
UK/54/73Installation of cheese manufacturing plant and construction of cheese and powder store in a creamery at Stranraer.
UK/3/73Construction of a vegetable processing factory at Eyemouth.
UK/56/73Construction of new building and plant for the production of par-fried French potatoes at Bo'ness.
UK/101/73Construction of a central grain drying, cleaning and storage plant at Coupar Angus.
UK/68/73Widening and deepening of the River Leet and Lamden Burn water course together with allied field drainage work in Berwickshire.
UK/100/73Reorganisation and improvement of production conditions on a group of farms at Ayton, Berwickshire.
UK/102/73Improvement of land, construction of farm roads, planting of shelter belts and various construction works on farms in North Argyll.
Total amount of grant: £1,910,277.

NORTHERN IRELAND
UK/35/73Construction of cheese and milk replacer factory at Dunmanbridge (Co. Tyrone).
UK/40/73Construction of a wholesale fruit and vegetable market in Belfast.
UK/64/73Construction of a poultry processing factory at Craigavon (Co. Armagh).
UK/69/73Construction of a pig slaughtering and processing factory near Londonderry.
UK/70/73Construction of a cold store and blast freezer facility at Hillhall (Co. Antrim).
UK/73/73Construction of a fish processing plant at Belfast.
UK/74/73Construction of a cold store and blast freezing plant at Belfast.
UK/76/73Construction of a meat products factory in Belfast.
UK/79/73Provision of bulk tanks for milk storage and transport in Northern Ireland.
UK/90/73Construction of a coldstore and blast freezing plant at Craigavon (Co. Armagh).
UK/103.1/73Construction of broiler processing facilities at Dungannon (Co. Tyrone) and expansion of broiler production and transport facilities over a wide area of Northern Ireland.
Total amount of grant: £1,743,140.

DETAILS OF INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS APPROVED FOR GRANT 1974
ENGLAND AND WALES
UK/1/74Construction of a new seafood processing factory, cold store plant and offices at Thorne, Yorkshire.
UK/16/74 and UK/28/74Construction of three fishing vessels (stern trawlers) to be based al Lowestoft, Suffolk.
UK/18/74, UK/38/74, UK/47/74Construction of six fishing boats to be based at Grimsby.
UK/29/74 and UK/31/74Construction of five fishing vessels to be based at North Shields. Northumberland.
UK/30/74Erection of a meat processing factory at Liverpool.
UK/34/74Grain storage installation at Bosham, Sussex.
UK/36/74Provision of new pumping stations at Everton, Nottinghamshire.
UK/39/74Raising and strengthening of a river embankment near Chester.
UK/41/74Expansion and modernisation of a pig slaughterhouse and processing factory at Middlesbrough, Teesside.
UK/46/74Drainage works (carrier drains and pumping scheme) at Oldbury, Gloucestershire.
UK/49/74Construction of a pumping station for drainage on the River Great Ouse in Norfolk.
UK/67/74Drainage works (provision of two pumping stations and dredging of dykes) at Fiskerton Fen, Lincolnshire.
UK/108/74Modernisation and expansion of a pork and beef processing tactory at Barnsley, Yorkshire.
UK/129/74(formerly UK/86/73)Construction of a central grain store with drying and cleaning facilities at Piercebridge, Co. Durham.
Total amount of grant: £2,404,246.

SCOTLAND

EEC Reference Number

EEC Description of Project

UK/2-5/74 and UK/8-9/74Construction of six new fishing vessels, complete with gear, to be based at Peterhead, Aberdeenshire.
UK/6/74 and UK/22/74Construction of two fishing vessels. to be based at Fraserburgh. Aberdeenshire.
UK/7/74 and UK/13/74Construction of two fishing vessels to be based at Whalsay, in the Shetland Islands.
UK/26/74Construction of a fishing vessel to be based at Buckie, Banffshire.
UK/32/74 and UK/40/74Construction of two fishing vessels to be based at Eyemouth. Berwickshire.
UK/110/74Extension and alteration of an abattoir and meat-processing plant at Bathgate, West Lothian.
Total amount of grant: £598,674.

NORTHERN IRELAND
UK/54/74Expansion of a fish processing plant and cold store at Annalong Co. Down.
UK/63/74Construction of a fishing boat, complete with gear, to be based at Donaghadee, Co. Down.
UK/64/74Construction of a fishing vessel, with gear, to be based at Bangor. Co. Down.
UK/66/74, UK/90/74, UK/91/74Construction of three fishing boats, complete with gear, to be based at Portavogie, Co. Down.
UK/65/74, UK/77– 78/74,) UK / 80 / 74, UK / 82 / 74, UK/84–85/74 and UK/92–93/74Construction of nine fishing vessels, complete with gear, to be based at Kilkeel, Co.Down.
Total amount of grant: £636,833.