§ Mr. J. E. B. Hillasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what he estimates has been the effect on cash resources and working capital currently available of the shortfall between the £509 million aggregate net farming income for 1968–69 calculated by his Department for normal weather conditions and the estimated £477 million actually received; and if he will take steps to finance the production cycle between this year's Price Review and the harvest and sale of food grown under it.
§ Mr. Cledwyn HughesAvailability, at any particular time, of cash resources and working capital depends on a number of factors. I cannot make any precise estimate of the difference between the current position and what might have been the situation in a normal year. I recognise the effect upon investment of last year's poor harvest. This consideration was given weight by the Government when making the price determinations announced last week.