Eec Herd Conversion Scheme

Mr. Geraint Howells
asked the Secretary of State for Wales how many farmers in Wales and in Ceredigion have taken up the EEC dairy herd conversion scheme.

Mr. John Morris
Up to 31st December 1974 there have been 1,336 applications for the dairy herd conversion scheme from farmers in Wales. Of these 601  have been approved. For Ceredigion 137 applications have been received and 50 approved.