HC Deb 02 May 1973 vol 855 cc320-1W
Mr. Biffen

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how the income from farming per unit of labour per year for 1971, as calculated by the Common Market Commission, compares as between Great Britain and the Community average excluding Great Britain.

Mr. Anthony Stodart

The sum total of farmers' net incomes, landowners' net rents, farm workers' wages and interest charges averaged per person in agriculture is estimated at 4,097 units of account (£1,707 converted at £1=2.40 ua) in the United Kingdom in 1971 and at 2,833 ua (£1,180) in the rest of the European Community. Persons in agriculture include both farmers and workers.