§ Mr. Peter Millsasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what is the ratio of farmers to the total number of agricultural civil servants at the present time.
§ Mr. John Mackie:There are about 250,000 employers and self-employed persons in agriculture, but in order to give 392W the ratio requested it would be necessary to say how many of the 16,113 staff of this Department, which deals with Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, should be described as agricultural civil servants and this would be unrealistic.