HC Deb 08 March 1955 vol 538 c34W
Mr. Patrick Maitland

asked the Minister of Agriculture the total area of agricultural land, including grazings, in England and Wales in 1954; and if he will state the acreage of forests in the same year.

Mr. Amory

Twenty-nine million seven hundred and sixty-one thousand acres of agricultural land and 2,455,000 acres of forest land.

Mr. Patrick Maitland

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland the total area of agricultural land, including grazings, in Scotland in 1954, and the area of forest land in the same year.

Mr. J. Stuart

The total area of agricultural land, including grazings, in Scotland in 1954 was 15,308,635 acres: the area of forest land in the same year was 1,420,000 acres.