§ 59. Sir T. Mooreasked the Minister of Food if he will give figures indicating the approximate number of pigs owned by self-suppliers which have been slaughtered during each month of the current year, indicating what proportion of these pigs were killed on the premises of the self-suppliers and what proportion at Ministry of Food slaughter-houses or bacon factories.
§ Dr. SummerskillI regret that I am unable to divide the figures as requested by the hon. Member.
Following are the figures:
The number of self-suppliers' pigs slaughtered during each month of the current year were as follows:
January … … 109,000 February … … 82,600 March … … 75,900 April … … 28,000 May … … 5,300 June … … 1,700 July … … 1,400 August … … 1,100 September … … 5,400 October … … 36,600