§ Mrs. Ewingasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list by counties the situation of the 298 agriculture units in the Highlands of Scotland over 5,000 acres.
§ Mr. Ross:The information is as follows:
Number of Agricultural Units Of 5,000 or more acres, June, 1967 Argyll 74 Caithness 9 Inverness 102 Orkney 1 Ross and Cromarty 67 Shetland 2 Sutherland 43
§ Mrs. Ewingasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what proportion of holdings in Scotland, Wales and England, respectively, is over 5,000 acres.
§ Mr. Ross:0.8 per cent, of Scottish agricultural holdings are 5,000 or more acres in extent. No directly comparable figures are available for Wales and England, but in these countries, where rough hill grazings are much less extensive, the percentages of very large holdings are lower.