Farm Incomes

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Agriculture, Fisheries and Food – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 2 March 1964.

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Photo of Mr Christopher Soames Mr Christopher Soames , Bedford 12:00, 2 March 1964

As the right hon. Gentleman will be aware, the commodity which has caused the chief trouble, particularly in the case of the smaller farmers, is milk? By virtue of the fact that milk production has been increasing faster than has the consumption of liquid milk, the pool price—that is, the price received by the farmer—has been eroded. It will also not have escaped the notice of the right hon. Gentleman that with regard to the situation today the balance is much healthier than it was some years ago. With regard to the confidence which the agricultural industry feels in the present Government, I am sure the right hon. Gentleman will be aware that there is a buoyant and thriving demand for farms of all sizes, including the sizes he has enumerated, on the market at the present time.