§ Mr. Welshasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what further steps he is prepared to take to arrest the continuing decline of the Scottish pig herd; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Hugh D. BrownMy right hon. Friend and I are very much aware of the decline in the pig herd in Scotland and in the United Kingdom as a whole, and the 557W Government have drawn particular attention to this in pressing the case in the Council of Ministers for a reduction in the level of monetary compensatory amounts for pigmeat. We have succeeded in obtaining some lowering of these subsidies, and we shall continue to argue for a change in the way in which they are calculated.