HC Deb 28 March 1979 vol 965 cc220-1W
Mr. Robert Hughes

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish in the Official Report the percentage of agricultural land in Scotland farmed (a) by private companies, (b) by owner-farmers and (c) by tenant-farmers.

Mr. Hugh D. Brown

Information on the amount of land farmed by private companies is not available. The percentages of agricultural land in Scotland farmed by owner-occupiers and tenant-occupiers respectively, are 58 per cent. and 42 per cent.

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