§ Mr. Wolrige-Gordonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many people are now working in agriculture in Scotland; and how this compares with 10 years ago.
§ Mr. RossThe number of farm workers (excluding occupiers) is as follows:
1967 1957 Regular full time … 44,284 71,800 Regular part-time … 5,415 7,437 Casual and seasonal … 4,607 10,273 In addition, it is estimated that there were about 50,000 working occupiers in 1967 and about 56,000 in 1957. More than half of these occupiers in each year were on part-time holdings.