HC Deb 30 July 1912 vol 41 cc1828-9
22. Captain CLIVE

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will state the amounts put down in the Estimates for the current financial year for the Departments of Agriculture for England and Wales, Scotland, and Ireland, respectively; and what proportion such Grants bear to the area of agricultural land controlled by each Department.

Mr. LLOYD GEORGE

The sums voted for the Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction for Ireland, the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, and the Board of Agriculture for Scotland will be found in Class II. of the Civil Service Estimates, Votes 11, 29, and 36, but these sums are not properly comparable with one another. Particulars of the area of agricultural land in England and Wales and in Scotland are to be found in the Report on Agricultural Output recently made under the Census of Production Act (page 26 of Cd. 6277). Those relating to Ireland will be found on page 297 of the Statistical Abstract (Cd. 5841).

Captain CLIVE

Will the right hon. Gentleman answer the last part of the question?

Mr. LLOYD GEORGE

I am afraid I could not off-hand. It can easily be worked out from the figures.