§ Sir D. Rentonasked the Minister of Agriculture Fisheries and Food how many acres of farm land were taken out of production and were used for development of all kinds during the last 12 months for which figures are available and in each of the previous four years.
§ Mr. John MackieThe estimated losses of agricultural land in England and Wales for development of all kinds, including afforestation, were as follows:
1962–63 … … 38,659 acres 1963–64 … … 53,909 acres 1964–65 … … 49,218 acres 1965–66 … … 65,726 acres 1966–67 … … 38,034 acres Because of the difficulty of determining in many cases the precise point in time at which land has gone out of agricultural use, the allocation of figures to individual years is necessarily approximate.