HC Deb 23 March 1979 vol 964 cc259-60W
39. Mr. Blaker

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will make a statement about the net farm income of horticultural growers in the glasshouse sector for the past three years for which figures are available.

Mr. Strang

The farm management survey does not provide figures for particular horticultural sectors, but estimates based on aggregate statistics indicate that prices and the value of output of many glasshouse crops have risen appreciably during the past three years and that despite rising costs net incomes of most growers will have risen.