asked the Minister of Agriculture whether his Department is in a position to issue a report on the profitableness of farming in England and Wales, on the lines of the report issued for many years as to the profitableness of farming in Scotland?

Investigations into the profitability of farming in England and Wales are not undertaken by my Department. Inquiries into financial and other conditions of farming are, however, made by the Agricultural Economics Research Institute at Oxford, and the provincial agricultural advisory centres. Reports on the results of these investigations are issued from time to time.