§ Mr. Joplingasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will estimate the average number of tons of fertiliser used annually in each of the agriculture, holiculture and forestry industries.
§ Mr. John MackieTogether, the agricultural and horticultural industries in Great Britain currently use about 273W 5 million tons of subsidised fertiliser a year. Applications for subsidy do not distinguish between agricultural and horticultural use but the results of a special exercise relating to 1964–65 suggest that of this total something approaching 5 per cent. (0.25 million tons) are used on holdings classed as predominantly horticultural. Only a very small tonnage of subsidised fertiliser is used in the forestry industry.