§ 40. Mr. Colin Shepherdasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what will be the effect on farm incomes of the changes in arrangements for intervention buying of beef and support of production.
§ Mr. GummerI refer my hon. Friend to the reply I gave today to my hon. Friend the Member for Sherwood (Mr. Stewart).
§ 55. Mr. Wigleyasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, for the most recent 12-month period for which information is available, what was the percentage change in farm incomes.
§ Mr. Donald ThompsonFarming income in calendar year 1985 was forecast to be 43 per cent. lower than in 1984. The final figure, and a forecast for calendar year 1986, will appear in the "Annual Review of Agriculture 1987," which is to be published shortly.