HC Deb 09 July 1981 vol 8 cc176-7W
Mr. Dudley Smith

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food by what approximate percentage turkey breeding in the United Kingdom has been cut back in the past three years; and by what estimated percentage turkey production in France has increased.

Mr. Buchanan-Smith

The number of turkey poults leaving incubator houses in the United Kingdom and of turkeymeat production in France, in the last 3 years, is as follows:

United Kingdom
Millions of poults Percentage change
1978 22.76 +5.3
1979 25.22 +10.8
1980 25.51 +1.1
1981 (first five months) 9.55 -4.9*
* Change compared to the first five months of 1980.

France
Production ('000 tonnes) Percentage change
1978 149 +10.4
1979 176 +18.1
1980 194 +10.2
1981 Not available —