§ 40. Sir J. Langford-Holtasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what has been the percentage increase the real net income of farmers in each year since 1960; and how this compares with the increase in the cost of living and with other incomes.
§ Mr. John MackieThe information is as follows:
population of the United Kingdom when it reaches a total of 70 million people, assuming the present volume of food imports.
§ Mr. John MackieOne could calculate simply on the basis that home output now 215W meets two-thirds of the needs of 55 million people for temperate foods, that the increase required would be 40 per cent., but no realistic estimate is possible because one cannot predict the changes in consumption patterns and in technology that may occur.