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Mr. Nicholas Bennett
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he has any plans to increase set-aside and extensification payments.
Mr. Curry
The set-aside scheme payments for permanent and rotational fallow were increased for the third year of the scheme which began on 1 October. The pilot beef and sheep extensification schemes were only introduced in July of this year. I have no immediate plans for further increases.