HC Deb 17 March 1971 vol 813 cc326-7W
Mr. William Hamilton

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give a detailed breakdown of the proposed reduction in public expenditure on agriculture, fisheries and forestry, from £65.4 million in 1970–71 to £45 million in 1974–75, as set out in Table 2.22 of Command Paper No. 4578, Public Expenditure 1969–70 to 1974–75.

Mr. Gordon Campbell

The reductions are the Scottish share of the total assumed savings attributed in the Command Paper to the introduction of timport levies in place of deficiency payments. These

INFANT MORTALITY RATES PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS, SCOTLAND
Social Class
Year I II III IV V All Classes
1951 18.4 22.8 36.4 41.0 54.0 37.4
1961 18.0 17.2 25.1 27.4 34.5 25.5
1969 11.8 13.6 20.0 22.8 32.0 21.1