§ Mr. Loveysasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many man hours are used annually in his Department to deal with the fertiliser subsidy scheme.
§ Mr. SoamesApproximately 320,000, equivalent to about 140 staff.
§ Mr. Loveysasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how much fertiliser is used in this country on which no subsidy is paid.
§ Mr. SoamesSubsidy is not paid on three classes of fertilisers: first, potash: second, organic fertilisers: third, any fertilisers which are not used for agricul-122W tural purposes. The total annual usage of potash in this country is about 425,000 tons of potassium oxide. I have no figures for the annual usage of the second and third classes.