§ Mr. Austin MitchellTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what representations he has received, and from whom, against the Inshore Fishing (Prohibition of Carriage of Monofilament Gill Nets) (Scotland) Order 1986.
§ Mr. CurryI received recently representations from the National Federation of Fishermen's Organisations drawing attention to their continued concern about the effect of the order, which prohibits the carriage or use of monofilament gill nets within six miles of Scotland by any United Kingdom fishing vessel, on the Grimsby gill net fleet. I replied on 15 January 1993.
£ thousand per year 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–931 Net farm income on hill and upland livestock farms Nominal terms England 12.4 8.0 5.9 10.0 11.0 Wales 14.3 8.8 7.6 11.7 13.9 Scotland2 11.0 8.9 8.6 8.2 8.9 Northern Ireland 5.9 3.1 2.9 3.8 6.1 United Kingdom full-time adult manual earnings Nominal terms (April each year) 9.7 10.6 11.5 12.2 12.9 Net farm income on hill and upland livestock farms Real terms3 England 12.4 7.4 5.0 8.0 8.5 Wales 14.3 8.2 6.4 9.4 10.8 Scotland2 11.0 8.2 7.3 6.6 6.9 Northern Ireland 5.9 2.9 2.4 3.0 47 United Kingdom full-time adult manual earnings Real terms3 (April each year) 9.7 9.8 9.7 9.8 10.0 1 Forecast. 2 Average for LFA mainly sheep, LFA mainly cattle and LFA mainly cattle and sheep. 3 Deflated by RPI (March 1988 to February 1989 = 100).