That this House is outraged at the comments of the honourable Member for Hereford at a meeting at the Royal Hotel in Ross on Wye on 25th March to the effect that the Welsh are whingers; notes that the comments were made in response to a question about lower payment rates of arable aid for Welsh farmers compared with English farmers; believes that the payment of ??110 a hectare for cereals to Welsh farmers in the less favoured area and ??171 a hectare to Welsh farmers outside the less favoured area is absurd, divisive, unfair and discriminatory compared to the ??197 a hectare English farmers will receive, especially since Wales produces only two per cent. of the arable crops in England and Wales combined; congratulates the Welsh Arable Equality Group in its efforts to persuade the Government to treat Welsh farmers fairly; believes the honourable Member for Hereford should apologise immediately for his inflammatory comments; and calls on the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretary of State for Wales to agree forthwith to the establishment of a single arable payments scheme for Wales and England in order to end the injustice done to Welsh arable farmers.

That this House is outraged at the comments of the honourable Member for Hereford at a meeting at the Royal Hotel in Ross on Wye on 25th March to the effect that the Welsh are whingers; notes that the comments were made in response to a question about lower payment...