HC Deb 20 March 1984 vol 56 c412W
Mr. Austin Mitchell

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (1) whether he will publish in the Official Report a table showing for each year since 1954 the number of small units as shown for agriculture generally and for each product and each class of business in table 4 of the annual review White Paper (Cmnd. 9137), together with the proportion of the output or land accounted for in each case;

(2) whether he will publish in the Official Report a table showing for each year since 1954 the number of large units as shown for agriculture generally and for each product and for each type of business in table 4 of the annual review White Paper (Cmncl. 9137), together with the proportion of the output or land accounted for in each case.

Mr. MacGregor

Information about large units in the United Kingdom from 1973 is contained in the annual review of agriculture White Paper which is issued annually and copies of which are kept in the Library of the House. The same publication gives the number of small units. Similar information for the years 1954 to 1972 and the information on the proportion of output or land accounted for by small units cannot be provided without disproportionate cost.