§ Mr. Wm. Rossasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing for the last five years the average price per acre of (a) arable farmland, (b) hill farms, and (c) rough mountain grazings, sold in Northern Ireland in real and actual terms.
§ Mr. Giles Shaw[pursuant to his reply, 12 November 1979]: The information available does not allow the differentiation of price paid per acre of agricultural land in Northern Ireland according to its quality or immediate location. The table below shows for the period 1974 to 1978
558Wcross-border co-operation between the Irish Republic and the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. Giles Shaw[pursuant to his reply. 12 November 1979]: The principal projects with a significant cross-border dimension undertaken in Northern Ireland as a part of Anglo-Irish economic cooperation are as follows:
tember, October and November in the years 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978 and 1979, showing both real and actual prices.
§ Mr. Giles Shaw[pursuant to his reply, 12 November 1979]: Estimates of prices paid for suckling calves in the principal markets in Northern Ireland for the months of September, October and November for each year from 1974 to 1979 are given below together with the same information expressed in terms of September 1975 purchasing power.
the average price paid for all sales of hectares—five acres—or more of agricultural land in Northern Ireland where the land remained in agricultural use together with the same information expressed in terms of 1975 purchasing power.
Actual Price £/acre Real Terms* (1975 Purchasing Power) £/acre 1974 404 502 1975 463 463 1976 563 483 1977 747 553 1978 1,059 724 * Adjusted according to changes in the United Kingdom General Index of Retail Prices re-based to year 1975=100.