§ Miss Quennellasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many full-time medium-sized egg producers were trading at 1st March, 1968 compared with the same date for the past five years.
§ Mr. HoyThe number of agricultural holdings with laying flocks of 1,000–4,999 birds returned at the June census for England and Wales in each of the last five years was:
Number of holdings with 1,000–4,999 laying birds 1963* 6,585 1964 7,268 1965 6,392 1966 5,892 1967 5,451 * Changes in the census questionnaire after 1963 may have affected comparability with later figures. It is not possible accurately to distinguish between full-time and part-time egg producers, but it is estimated that about 90 per cent. of the laying flocks in this size group were on full-time agricultural holdings.