§ Mr. Allan StewartTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what was the outcome of the Brussels Agriculture Council held on 5–6 March.
§ Mr. GummerI represented the United Kingdom at this meeting accompanied by my hon. Friend the Member for Skipton and Ripon (Mr. Curry) Parliamentary Secretary in my Department.
The Council completed its first consideration of the 1990 farm price proposals. Discussion will resume at the next meeting beginning on 26 March, when the Presidency is expected to put forward a compromise proposal.
Number of farmers and workers employed in agriculture June 1989 County by standard statistical region Farmers, partners and directors All workers (excluding salried managers) Whole-time Part-time Total farmers.partners and directors Salaried managers Principal farmers and partners Other partners and directors Total Principal farmers and partners Other partners and directors Total partners and directors Male Female Total Cleveland 301 108 409 82 60 142 551 418 105 523 25 Cumbria 4,428 1,575 6,003 1,015 688 1,703 7,706 4,012 654 4,666 79 Durham 1,505 499 2,004 394 271 665 2,669 1,535 448 1,983 23 Tyne and Wear 1,635 612 2,247 384 335 719 2,966 2,554 475 3,029 78 Northumberland 185 54 239 43 33 76 315 301 114 415 10 Northern Region 8,054 2,848 10,902 1,918 1,387 3,305 14,207 8,820 1,796 10,616 215 Humberside 2,358 1,101 3,459 671 480 1,151 4,610 4,839 1,616 6,455 236 North Yorkshire 5,914 2,149 8,063 1,519 1,115 2,634 10,697 7,684 2,987 10,671 282 South Yorkshire 904 329 1,233 343 212 555 1,788 1,199 417 1,616 30 West Yorkshire 1,639 511 2,150 1,048 413 1,461 3,611 2,137 704 2,841 74 Yorks and Humber Region 10,815 4,090 14,905 3,581 2,220 5,801 20,706 15,859 5,724 21,583 622 Derbyshire 2,344 744 3,088 799 501 1,300 4,388 2,381 728 3,109 50 Leicestershire 1,712 626 2,338 565 351 916 3,254 2,479 859 3,338 100 Lincolnshire 3,856 1,513 5,369 1,192 968 2,160 7,529 8,877 4,265 13,142 431 Northampton 1,177 426 1,603 455 331 786 2,389 1,945 476 2,421 108 Nottingham 1,266 507 1,773 354 295 649 2,422 2,365 925 3,290 113 East Midlands Region 10,355 3,816 14,171 3,365 2,446 5,811 19,982 18,047 7,253 25,300 802 Cambridgeshire 2,343 870 3,213 717 525 1,242 4,455 4,543 2,665 7,208 237 Norfolk 3,039 1,036 4,075 1,181 698 1,879 5,954 8,070 4,760 12,830 393