§ Miss Emma NicholsonTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if his Department has any plans to introduce definitions of small, medium and large farms.
§ Mr. Curry[pursuant to his reply, 2 April 1990, c. 447]: For the purposes of economic and statistical analysis, the initial farm business surveys undertaken for the Department show farm incomes according to farm size. The size is measured in financial terms and based upon standard gross margins per hectare of crops and per head of livestock.