§ 64. Mr. Lewisasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he will publish in HANSARD a table of figures giving the rise and fall in food and agricultural production for each of the months from January, 1951, until December, 1951, compared with January, 1958, until the latest convenient stated monthly date, taking as the basis January, 1951, being equal to 100.
§ Mr. John HareThere are no monthly figures for agricultural production, but agricultural net output is estimated to be about 12 per cent. higher in 1957–58 than in 1950–51. The index of monthly production of manufactured foods, which I 67W am circulating below, refers to the processing in this country of both home-produced and imported foods.
INDEX OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION*—FOOD MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES (January, 1951=100) — 1951 1958 January … 100 114 February … 100 118 March … 97 121 April … 100 123 May … 104 132 June … 109 131 July … 99 August … 94 September … 94 October … 101 November … 106 December … 99 * Series based on 1948 weights adjusted to January, 1951=100. A revised series based on 1954 weights has recently been published, but this is not available for the years 1951–53.