Mr. Wm. Rossasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what is the cash increase in overheads to the United Kingdom farming industry from 1960 to the latest available date.
§ Mr. BuchanTotal aggregate costs in the United Kingdom rose between 1960–61 and 1973–74—forecast—by about £1,855 million or 146 per cent. The fixed cost element of this increase, which is defined as all farm costs excluding those directly and readily attributable to specific enterprises, rose in the same period by some £760 million—about 116 per cent.