HC Deb 26 July 1978 vol 954 c754W
Mr. Watt

asked the Secretary of State for Industry what has been the overall percentage rise in the cost of agricultural machinery over the past two years.

Mr. Les Huckfield

Between June 1976 and June 1978, the wholesale price index for home-produced agricultural machinery sold on the United Kingdom market, excluding VAT, rose by 43½ per cent. on provisional figures.