HC Deb 13 December 1979 vol 975 cc778-9W
Mr. David Price

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if the minimum lending rate remains at 17 per cent. indefinitely, what is his estimate of the number of British farmers who will go bankrupt in the next year.

Mr. Wiggin

I do not accept my hon. Friend's premise or the consequence he postulates.