§ Mr. John Wellsasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing the acreage of horticultural crops grown in England and Wales in 1971 and 1981, with details of type of crop and area of horticultural glasshouses.
§ Mrs. FennerThe information is as follows:
(area in hectares) 1971 1981 Total horticulture* 264,427 236,146 of which: vegetables 176,447 167,799 Orchard: commercial 54,680 38,223 non-commercial 4,750 2,131 Small fruit† 12,665 14,122 Hardy nursery stock 6,495 6,486 Bulbs and flowers 7,561 5,255 Glasshouse‡ 1,829 2,130 *excluding minor holdings † excluding area grown under orchard trees ‡excluding holdings with an area of glass of less than 1,000 square metres. Source: MAFF June census.