§ 52. Mr. John Wellsasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how many workers are shown by recent farm statistics collected by his Department to be engaged in agriculture, horticulture and forestry at the latest convenient date.
§ Mr. John MackieThe Agricultural Census Returns for June, 1968, show that there were in all 367,400 workers in England and Wales, of whom 71,500 were on holdings classified as horticultural. 262,600 of these workers were in full-time employment. At the same date the Department of Employment and Productivity estimate that the number of employees in employment in forestry was 11,500 in England and Wales.