§ Major CARVERasked the Minister of Agriculture how many egg-packing stations have now been established in Great Britain; and how the present stock of British poultry compares with that of 1928?
§ Mr. ATTLEEAt the present time the number of packers authorised in the National Mark Egg Scheme is 140 in England and Wales and 42 in Scotland. The stock of poultry (fowls and ducks) on agricultural holdings in Great Britain was 56,820,000 in 1930 as compared with 48,087,000 in 1928.