§ Mr. TylerTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if she will publish the farm income figures for(a) English, (b) Welsh, (c) Scottish and (d) Northern Irish hill livestock farm enterprises in each of the past 10 years for which figures are available, at constant prices, shown as a percentage of full-time manual earnings for the United Kingdom for the same period.
§ Mr. Jack[holding answer 18 January 1993]: None of the measures of farm income are comparable with those of manual worker's earnings. The tables show estimates of the level of cash income for each accounting year since 1986–87 and the average earnings of full-time adult workers as at April each year in terms of current prices and 1992–93 prices. Income data are not available for the new classification of farm types before 1986–87.
to Iraqi civilian aid. This latter British based non-governmental organisation has used the funds for work in refugee camps in Iran and also for work with displaced marsh Arabs camped on the Iran-Iraq border. The United Kingdom has not given any funds directly to the Government of Iran to help Iraqi refugees.
Mr. John D. TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assistance Her Majesty's Government have given to Iran to help refugees from Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydWe have given £3 million in 1993–94 to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, for work with Afghan refugees. This includes the repatriation programmes from both Pakistan and Iran.
135WWe are ready to consider funding proposals for humanitarian activities by non-governmental organisa-tions; and are currently considering proposals for a river crossing on the Helmand river which would provide an additional border crossing for returning Afghan refugees.