§ Mr. Colin Shepherdasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what has been the percentage increase, in both actual and real terms, in farmers' incomes since April 1979.
§ Mr. Peter WalkerFarming income data are compiled only on a full calendar year basis and are shown in tables 22 and 23 of the "Annual Review of Agriculture 1983" (Cmnd. 8804). Between the calendar years 1979 and 1982 farming income increased by 62 per cent. in current price terms and by 13 per cent. in real terms, when deflated by the retail price index.
§ Mr. Colin Shepherdasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what has been the percentage increase in the price secured by United Kingdom farmers since April 1979 to date, and for the period March 1974 to April 1979, for each of the following commodities: liquid milk, fat lambs and fat cattle.
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§ Mr. Peter WalkerThe increases recorded in the index of producer were as follow:
March 1974-April 1979 April 1979-March 1983 Milk +84.0 +51.6 Fat Lambs +124.9 +24.5 All Cattle (excluding calves) +115.6 +36.2 It should be borne in mind that prices, as measured by the retail prices index, rose over twice as much in the first of the two periods mentioned as in the second.