§ 68. Mr. Priceasked the Minister of Agriculture the number of fat sheep offered for sale or handled in slaughter-houses in the United Kingdom during January and February of this year and during the same months of 1937?
§ The Minister of Agriculture (Mr. W. S. Morrison)I regret that the information for which the hon. Member asks is not available. Some comparison of marketings of fat sheep and lambs can be made from the numbers of such animals on offer at certain representative markets in England and Wales. The total number of fat sheep and lambs offered at these markets in January and February of this year was 3½ per cent. greater than the number for the corresponding two months of 1937.