§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he will reconcile the figures for the increase in net farm income per dairy farm given in table 26 of the "Annual Review of Agriculture" White Paper 1984, Cmnd. 9137, with those given for specialist and mainly dairy farms in "Farm Incomes in England 1981–82."
§ Mr. MacGregorThe index of net farm income for dairy farms in the United Kingdom published in table 26 of the "Annual Review of Agriculture" White Paper 1984 is based upon a weighted average of movements of net farm income in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland according to the results of the farm management surveys in each country. Changes can vary between the constituent countries of the United Kingdom; thus figures for England alone are not valid for the United Kingdom as a whole.