§ 101. Sir I. Fraserasked the Minister of Agriculture whether he will make a statement about the effect on the supply of home-produced eggs of the present outbreak of fowl pest.
§ Mr. G. BrownMy right hon. Friend cannot at present forecast what the future course of this outbreak may be and is, therefore, unable to estimate what effect it may have on the supply of eggs. Up to the present, the number of birds slaughtered because of the disease amounts to only about 0.3 per cent. of the total poultry population of Great Britain and there should not yet have been any appreciable effect on egg supplies.