§ Mr. Evelyn Kingasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what was the number of acres of agricultural land which were diverted to other purposes during the last convenient year; and if he will indicate the nature of three or four of the major purposes to which they were diverted, with percentages.
§ Mr. Anthony StodartI would refer my hon. Friend to the reply I gave to my right hon. and learned Friend the Member for Huntingdonshire (Sir D. Renton) on 5th August. The percentages of land going to the principal non-agricultural uses in 1969/70 were as follows:
Per cent. Urban Development 57 Forestry and Woodlands 18 Miscellaneous 25 —Vol. 822, c 460].