§ Mr. Joplingasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will estimate the number of tons of fertilisers used by farmers who employ no labour other than family labour.
§ Mr. John MackieIt is regretted that this information cannot be obtained from available records.
§ Mr. Joplingasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will estimate the. necessary deduction per ton of fertiliser required to raise the Agriculture, Forest-y and Horticulture Industries Training Board levy for 1969–70 from the fertiliser subsidy.
§ Mr. John MackieI estimate that a deduction of 5s. per ton of subsidised236W fertilisers in Great Britain would raise about £1¼ million. This is approximately the same as the sum required to finance the operations of the Board in the current year 1968–69. I cannot estimate what the needs of the Training Board might be in any future year.