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Mr. Watt
asked the Secretary of State for Trade what has been the overall percentage rise in the cost of agricultural machinery over the past 18 months.
Mr. Carmichael
I have been asked to reply.Between June 1974 and December 1975, on provisional figures, the wholesale price index for home-produced agricultural machinery, excluding VAT, rose by 39ยท7 per cent.