Agricultural Land (Thurrock)

Dr. McDonald
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will provide an analysis of the grades of agricultural land in Thurrock, together with an estimate of the acreage of each grade.

Mr. Jopling
From the published one inch to one mile agricultural land classification maps of the Thurrock borough council area, our estimate of the grades and acreage of agricultural land in Thurrock is as follows:----------------------------
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|Grade 1                   |
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|Grade 2                   |
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|Grade 3                   |
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|Grade 4                   |
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|Urban and non-agricultural|
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|Total                     |
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