Machinery and Fertilisers

Oral Answers to Questions — Agriculture, Fisheries and Food – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 17 April 1958.

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Photo of Mr Anthony Hurd Mr Anthony Hurd , Newbury 12:00, 17 April 1958

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food to what extent the evidence available to him from the Organisation for European Economic Co-operation and other sources indicates that British farmers' costs are significantly affected by the tariff protection afforded to the British agricultural machinery and fertiliser industries and their expansion in recent years.

Photo of Mr John Hare Mr John Hare , Sudbury and Woodbridge

The information available indicates that the expansion of the agricultural machinery and fertiliser industries in the United Kingdom has been to the benefit of our farmers and generally speaking has provided them with machinery and fertilisers as cheaply as they could have got them from any other sources.