Brigadier-General Brownasked the Minister of Agriculture how many acres of agricultural land are farmed by their owners; and how many acres are let to tenants, exclusive of Government or local authorities holdings, for agricultural purposes?
§ Mr. W. S. MorrisonThe returns furnished on 4th June last under the Agricultural Returns Act, 1925, by occupiers of holdings of over one acre in extent afford only a rough indication of the area of land farmed by owner-occupiers. It is estimated that in the current year approximately 9,500,000 acres of land were farmed in England and Wales by owner-occupiers, out of a total of 28,900,000 acres of cultivated land and rough grazings returned as in occupation in the country. I regret that it is not practicable to give figures exclusive of holdings owned by the Government or by local authorities.