§ Mr. Knoxasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what was the number of farm visits made by National Agricultural Advisory Service personnel in respect of farm management advice during its last complete year of operation and the number of farm visits made by Agricultural Development and Advisory Service personnel in respect of farm management advice during its first complete year of operation.
§ Mr. BishopPrecise figures are not available for the period in question, but the approximate number of farm visits in respect of farm management advice made by National Agricultural Advisory Service personnel in its last year of operation, and the number of similar visits by Agricultural Development and Advisory Service personnel in its first year of operation, from 1st March 1971 were 36,200 and 23,500 respectively.
§ Mr. Knoxasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what was the number of farm visits made by the National Agricultural Service personnel during its complete year of operation and the number of visits made by Agricultural Development and Advisory Service personnel during its first complete year of operation which would formerly have been made by National Agricultural Advisory Service personnel.
§ Mr. BishopPrecise figures are rot available for the period in question, but the approximate number of farm visits made by National Agricultural Advisory Service personnel in its last year of operation, and the number of similar visits by Agricultural Development and Advisory Service personnel in its first year of operation, from 1st March 1971, were 427,600 and 378,700 respectively.