HC Deb 27 July 1938 vol 338 c3132W
Mr. De Chair

asked the Minister of Agriculture whether the researches of the costing department of the Ministry of Agriculture reveals that agriculture generally is working at a profit?

Mr. W. S. Morrison

Investigations into costs of production in agriculture are not undertaken by my Department. A certain amount of information about the financial aspect of farming is obtained by the Universities and Agricultural Colleges, but the data are not sufficiently extensive to allow a general statement to be made of the profits or losses of agriculture as a whole.