That accelerated the whole process of reform of the fruit and vegetable regime, in particular focusing on the subject of grubbing.
The governments of the day provided grants for the grubbing up of hedgerows.
There are still grants for grubbing out hedges.
The growers are grubbing them up because of the heavy importation of cider apples.
But grants for grubbing to permit switching will be available under the new scheme.
Can my noble friend tell me whether any regulations are in force under which farmers have to ask permission before grubbing out their hedges?
Nevertheless, he spoke in exactly the same tone—money, money, money, and grubbing, grubbing, grubbing all the way.
What matters is that grant aid for grubbing should be extended to the farmer—and that is what the clause does.
