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11.
Mr. Walter
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will make a statement about farming incomes in Wales. [82096]
Mr. Jon Owen Jones
The latest estimates of incomes for full-time farmers in Wales were published in February 1999. The figures show the Cash Income for dairy and livestock farms in Wales is forecast to fall by 21 per cent. in 1998–99, to £17,900.Following the transfer of functions, this issue will be a matter for the National Assembly.