HC Deb 07 February 1968 vol 758 cc157-8W
Mr. Gwynfor Evans

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he has given the Welsh Rural Development Board a directive as to what constitutes an economic farming unit; what is his definition of an economic farming unit; and what is his estimate of the percentage of farms which are uneconomic.

Mr. Peart:

A Welsh Rural Development Board has not yet been formally established and I have therefore not yet given any directives to it.

The definitions of a commercial unit and an intermediate unit are given in The Farm Amalgamations and Boundary Adjustments Scheme, 1967 (S.I. 1967 No. 1608). It is estimated that the percentage of holdings in the proposed Board area which would not fall into either class is 54.