§ Mr. Geraint Howellsasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will make a statement on the present state of the sheep industry in Wales.
§ Mr. Nicholas EdwardsThe June 1986 provisional census results record a further 2.4 per cent. increase in the sheep breeding flock in Wales, and the industry continues to benefit under the EC sheepmeat regime. In the last marketing year producers in Wales received payments under the sheep variable premium scheme for finished lambs amounting to £21 million and from the sheep annual premium scheme for breeding ewes amounting to £32.1 million. In addition, payments to producers in Wales under the hill livestock compensatory allowance scheme so far this year amounts to £19.9 million.