§ 37. Mr. FlynnTo ask the right hon. Member for Selby, representing the Church Commissioners, what changes have occurred in rents received in the past five years for church lands.
§ Mr. AlisonGross agricultural rents per acre increased from £57.75 in 1989 to £62.62 in 1993, a rise of 8.43 per cent. against a retail prices index increase of 27.84 per cent. Over this period, the Commissioners' agricultural portfolio was reduced by 14,924 acres, producing net sales proceeds of £76.6 million.