§ 11. Mr. Frank Allaunasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what has been the rate of increase of agricultural production in Lancashire in each of the last five years.
§ Mr. GodberI regret that estimates of agricultural production are not available on a county basis. The Census figures of crop acreages and livestock numbers are collected separately for counties, but these are not sufficient by themselves for the estimation of production.
23. Mr. Slaterasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what was the rate of increase in production over the last 5 years for the agricultural industry, setting out year by year, such form of increase; and what proposals he has to increase production further.
§ Mr. John HareThe index of agricultural output in the United Kingdom increased at the rate of nearly 1½ per cent. a year in the five years ended 31st May, 1959. Details of the year-to-year changes in output during this period are published in the White Papers on the 1958 and 1959 Annual Reviews, Command Papers 390 and 696. Future production policy will be considered in the light of the Annual Review now in progress.
§ Mr. Swinglerasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what has been the rate of increase of agricultural production in Staffordshire in each of the last five years.
§ Mr. GodberI would refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave earlier today to a similar Question by the hon Member for Salford, East (Mr. Frank Allaun).