§ Mr. David Steelasked the Secretary of State for Scotland when he expects to make a statement on grants for pasteurising equipment and new gradings for milk after abolition of premium grade
§ Mr. YoungerA statement on these matters will be made soon following completion of our review of the previous Government's untreated milk policy.
§ Mr. John Mackayasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give the weekly figures of milk production since the beginning of September, together with the corresponding figures for 1978.
§ Mr. YoungerThe figures of milk production in the areas covered by the three
470Win each of the last five years, and the estimate for 1979 where the cows were (a) on a less favoured area and (b) on a lowland farm, in both real and actual terms.
§ Mr. YoungerThe information is not available in the form requested. Results from suckler herds in Scotland as a whole, recorded by the Meat and Livestock Commission, are expressed as a gross margin per cow.* The available results are shown in the table below.
milk marketing boards in Scotlands are as follows:
The figures included for the Scottish milk marketing board are in respect of weeks ending Friday; for the other two boards, for weeks ending Saturday.
Week ended '000 litres 2 September 1978 22,948 9 September 1978 22,910 16 September 1978 22,578 23 September 1978 22,638 30 September 1978 22,699 7 October 1978 22,741 14 October 1978 22,771 21 October 1978 22,968 28 October 1978 22,770 4 November 1978 22,822 1 September 1979 21,845 8 September 1979 21,770 15 September 1979 19,819 22 September 1979 21,888 29 September 1979 21,928 6 October 1979 21,854 13 October 1979 21,734 20 October 1979 21,338 27 October 1979 21,105 3 November 1979 21,165