HC Deb 17 November 1930 vol 245 cc58-9W
Marquess of TITCHFIELD

asked the Minister of Agriculture what is the net pencentage of profit earned by smallholdings on the total capital invested?

Dr. ADDISON

Smallholdings vary in character from a piece of bare land of just over an acre to a holding of 50 acres fully equipped with a house and buildings, and I have no information as to the percentage which the net profits made by smallholders in England and Wales bear to the capital invested by them in their undertaking.

Sir B. EYRES MONSELL

asked the Minister of Agriculture the number of workers employed on market gardens and smallholdings in Worcestershire in 1929 and 1930; and the number of market gardens and smallholdings in that county in the same years?

Dr. ADDISON

I much regret that the information desired by the right hon. and gallant Member is not available.