HC Deb 06 July 1939 vol 349 c1511W
Lieut.-Colonel Acland-Troyte

asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he can state the sheep population of the United Kingdom at 4th June last or at the last convenient date?

Sir W. Womersley

Particulars are not yet available of the total number of sheep in the United Kingdom in June of this year, but the figure for June, 1938, was 26,775,000.