HC Deb 22 July 1957 vol 574 cc5-6
6. Mr. Hurd

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the value of the beef cattle shipped from the United Kingdom to the Continent in the twelve months ended 31st May last and what proportion this represented of the total United Kingdom production of beef cattle for slaughter.

Mr. Amory

Precise figures are not available, but it is estimated that cattle exported to the Continent for slaughter during the twelve months to the end of May, 1957, had a total value in the region of £8 million; these cattle represented about 4 per cent. of the number slaughtered in the United Kingdom during the same period.