HC Deb 29 January 1931 vol 247 c1181W
Major CARVER

asked 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. ATTLEE

At 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.

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