§ 48. Mr. Leadbitterasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many bankruptcies have been notified in the farming industry during the past year; what analysis his Department has made of the causes; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. BuchanI would prefer my hon. Friend to the reply I gave on 23rd May to my hon. Friend the Member for Nuneaton (Mr. Huckfield)—[Vol. 874, c.213.]—It is not practicable to analyse the cause of each bankruptcy. Since there is such a wide variation in net income between farms of a similar size and type of business, such analyses would serve little purpose.