§ Mr. Heddleasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many fanners currently farming in Staffordshire there are who, on the June 1983 census return, had fewer than 80 cows and whose principal activity was the production and sale of milk.
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§ Mr. MacGregorThe information requested by my hon. Friend could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. However, according to the June 1983 census, there were 1,331 dairy holdings in Staffordshire with less than 70 dairy-type cows and 308 holdings with between 70 and 99 dairy-type cows.