§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he will publish in the Official Report figures in index or other form showing the increase in rents on agricultural land each year over the past 20 years, together with an indication of the increase since 1970 in rent paid on prime agricultural land offered on the open market without restriction as to use and so on.
§ Mrs. FennerThe following table shows the average farm rents in England over the past 20 years. I regret no information is available of the average rent by grade or by use of agricultural land.
1975=100 Year £/per hectare Rent Index 1961 6.37 31.44 1962 7.13 35.19
Item and CCT No. Common Levy* MCA† Total Import Levy £/MT P/LB £/MT P/LB £/MT P/LB Common Wheat (10.01BI) 49.861 2.26 9.263 0.42 59.124 2.68 Barley (10.03) 38.064 1.72 8.280 0.38 46.344 210 Maize (10.05B) 56.007 2.54 8.280 0.38 64.287 2.92 White Sugar (17.01A) 155.270 7.04 25.310 1.15 180.580 819 Butter 82–84% Fat Content (04.03A)‡ 770.264 34.94 159.270 7.22 929.534 42.16 Cheddar Cheese (04.04 EIb 1bb) 972.210 44.10 123.490 5.60 1095.700 49.70 Skimmed Milk Powder (04.02 AIIb1) 304.180 13.80 66.370 3.01 370.550 16.81 Boneless Frozen Beef (02.01 AIIb4bb33) 1,384.694 62.81 151.640 6.88 1,536.334 69.69 Lard (15.01 AII) 75.352 3.42 NIL NIL 75.352 3.42 Pigmeat Carcasses ** (02.01 AIIIa1) 216.445 9.82 68.860 3.12 285.305 12.94 Salted Bacon Sides (02.06 BIa2aa) 277.052 12.57 88.140 4.00 365.192 16.57 Eggs (04.05 AIb) 156.236 7.09 21.140 0.96 177.376 805 Poultrymeat 70% Chickens (02.02 AIb)†† 154.303 7.00 18.120 0.82 172.423 7.82 Notes: * Conversion from European currency units into sterling has been made using the representative rate 1 ECU=£0.618655, and multiplying the resultant figure by the current monetary coefficient of 0.919. † Currently, monetary compensatory amounts (MCAs) act as a levy on imports. ‡ There is a special rate for New Zealand butter. ** Does not include a supplementary levy which at present applies only to imports from the German Democratic Republic. †† Does not include a supplementary levy which at present applies only to imports from Spain.