20/08/2010
The new rules to stop Scottish 'slipper' farmers claiming public money for doing nothing. And, the restaurants which had no evidence to back up the claim they served Welsh lamb.
Cath Mackie hears about the Scottish Government's plans to crackdown on 'slipper' farmers who are claiming thirty million pounds of public money a year for doing nothing. Also in the programme, the Trading Standards investigation which found half the restaurants questioned in North Wales didn't have any evidence that the Welsh Lamb on their menus was actually from Wales.
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