HC Deb 21 May 1924 vol 173 c2202
73. Mr. F. GOULD

asked the Minister of Agriculture the amount of reduction of rent made to the smallholders in the County of Somerset during each of the following years 1921, 1922 and 1923?

Mr. SMITH

According to the Ministry's records, the amounts allowed to smallholders in the County of Somerset in the form either of temporary abatements or of permanent reductions of rent were as follow:

Viscount WOLMER

Does that mean that the wages paid in agriculture are considerably higher, relatively, than the prices realised by the farmers?