§ Mr. Lawrenceasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what proportion of the national dairy herd has been accredited free from brucellosis in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement of his future intentions.
§ Mr. BishopThe proportion of the dairy herd in England and Wales that was accredited at the end of each of the last five years was as follows:
Per cent. 1972 40.0 1973 53.1 1974 56.5 1975 64.3 1976 69.2 As to the future, I would refer the hon. Member to the reply given on 8th March to my hon. Friend the Member for Rother Valley (Mr. Hardy) which dealt with all types of cattle in Great Britain.—[Vol. 927, c. 451–2.]
§ Mr. Lawrenceasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what proportion of the dairy herd in each county is now accredited free from brucellosis.
§ Mr. BishopThe position at 31st March 1977 was as follows:
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Country Per cent Avon 47 Bedford 97 Berkshire 96 Buckingham 67 Cambridge 96 Cheshire 48 Cleveland 53
Country Per cent Cornwall 44 Cumbria 95 Derby 41 Devon 83 Dorset 59 Durham 41 Essex 98 Gloucester 59 Hampshire 53 Isle of Wight 100 Hereford and Worcester 64 Hertford 96 Humberside 53 Kent 87 Lancashire 94 Leicester 64 Lincoln 58 Greater Manchester 57 Merseyside 56 Norfolk 99 Northampton 65 Northumberland 60 Nottingham 70 Oxford 63 Salop 74 Somerset 66 Stafford 41 Suffolk 99 Surrey 96 Sussex, East 85 Sussex, West 98 Tyne and Wear 58 Warwick 57 West Midlands 39 Wiltshire 47 Yorkshire, South 68 Yorkshire, North 68 Yorkshire, West 72 Isles of Scilly 100 Greater London 91
Clwyd 79 Dyfed 99 Glamorgan, South 88 Glamorgan, Mid- 90 Glamorgan, West 94 Gwent 89 Gwynedd 99 Powys 99
Total England and Wales 71