§ 69. Mr. Donnellyasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what estimates his Department has made of the net percentage return on capital invested in land, buildings, live and dead stock in British agriculture after allowing for the cost of labour of farmers and their wives.
§ Mr. John MackieMy Department does not make such estimates, much of which would inevitably, have to be based on arbitrary assumptions. We do however publish estimates of farmers average net income, assuming the farmer to be a tenant, in the Reports "Farm Incomes in England and Wales".