HC Deb 07 July 1959 vol 608 c123W
88. Mr. Snow

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how many farms with an acreage of under 20 there are in the county of Staffordshire; and, of this number how many are situated within the boundaries of the Lichfield and Tamworth parliamentary constituency.

Mr. John Hare

In June, 1958, there were 3,904 agricultural holdings in Staffordshire between one and 20 acres of crops and grass. Four hundred and eighty of these were in the Lichfield and Tamworth parliamentary division. Most are part-time farms, and some are large gardens, fields and paddocks used only to a minor extent for agriculture.

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