Orders of the Day — Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 21 November 1962.

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Photo of Mr John Farr Mr John Farr , Harborough 12:00, 21 November 1962

I do not want to follow too closely the path which the hon. Member for Hammersmith, North (Mr. Tomney) has followed. It appeared to me that much of what he said was based on extremely inaccurate facts. I think that he said that British agriculture was fairly small and not very important. In fact, of course, it is Britain's biggest industry.