§ 42. Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what is the level of the national pig herd; and how this compares with the equivalent time last year.
§ Mr. BishopThe latest available data was obtained from the sample census taken in England and Wales in March 1976. This showed that the total number of pigs was 6,393,000 head compared with 6,438,000 head in March 1975. Within these totals, the breeding herd had increased by 3 per cent. from 689,000 in March 1975 to 710,000 this year.