HC Deb 19 December 1972 vol 848 c341W
Mr. Elystan Morgan

asked the Secretary of State for Wales what amount of land in Wales went out of agricultural use in each of the last five years.

Mr. Peter Thomas

The figures are approximately as follows:

Acres lost
1967–68 7,800
1968–69 15,100
1969–70 32,600
1970–71 15,800
1971–72 18,900