Quennellasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he is aware that new tractor prices have risen 111W by approximately £1,000 over the past year; and what impact he considers this rise in implement costs has had upon his calculation on farm costs and investment.
§ Mr. BuchanThese increases are in relation to large tractors which are a small proportion of all tractors sold in the United Kingdom. I recognise their effect on the individual purchaser, but they represent only a small amount of the aggregate farm costs.