§ Mr. Pardoeasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what proportion of the United Kingdom's total consumption of agricultural products he expects to be home produced by 1980.
§ Mr. StrangI regret that I cannot provide an estimate, because of difficulties in predicting, for example, the level of home production and the pattern of consumption. The Government will continue to be guided by the policies for expansion and import-saving outlined in the White Paper "Food From Our Own Resources".
§ Mr. Pardoeasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what proportion of Great Britain's total consumption of agricultural products was home-produced in 1950, 1960, 1970 and the latest year for which information is available.
§ Mr. StrangInformation for Great Britain is not available, but details of United Kingdom self-sufficiency in agricultural products used for food are given below. Since the information for 1950 is not readily available a figure for 1955–56 is given instead.
UK Self-sufficiency in Food (Crop year 1st August to 31st July) per cent. by value 1955–56 41.4 1960–61 49.2 1970–71 53.2 1974–75 52.6