§ Dr. Godmanasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many jobs in the agricultural sector have been lost in Scotland in each of the past six years.
§ Mr. John MacKayThe June agricultural census provides each year a count of workers on Scottish farms. The net changes in regularly employed labour for the last six years are as follows:
Full-time regular labour Part-time regular labour 1979–80 -784 -72 1980–81 -1,843 -309 1981–82 -39 -255 1982–83 -406 -147 1983–84 -1,040 -170 1984–85 -541 +47