§ Mr. Hardyasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will advise local authorities concerned with the administration of smallholdings to appoint representatives of agricultural workers to membership of the responsible committees.
Year Regular whole-time workers Regular part-time workers Seasonal or casual workers Salaried managers 1976 (Provisional) … … … 165,000 58,000 63,000 6,000 1975 … … … 171,271 62,100 60,206 6,063 1974 … … … 179,096 62,543 64,216 5,947 1973 … … … 188,885 63,489 67,809 5,275 1972 … … … 192,646 61,904 61,438 4,439 1971 … … … 198,764 61,051 63,393 — 1970 … … … 204,045 59,490 65,301 — 1969 … … … 234,831 39,628 56,832 — 1968 … … … 246,840 41,706 55,699 — 1967 … … … 262,433 44,610 65,284 — NOTE: (a) The figures from June 1968 are not directly comparable with those for previous years because: (i) since 1968 there have been minor changes in the definition of a holding for the purposes of the agricultural census; (ii) since 1970 managerial and clerical workers have been included but non-principal partners have been excluded; (iii) since 1972 salaried managers have been returned separately.