HC Deb 02 July 1947 vol 439 c152W
52. Mr. Dye

asked the Minister of Food what number of fat cattle received in the collecting centres in Norfolk during May, 1947, were sent to places outside the county for slaughter; and what percentage these formed of the total cattle received during May.

Mr. Strachey

13,608 fat cattle were purchased at collecting centres in Norfolk during May, 1947, and 10,101 of these, about 74 per cent. of the total, were sent to places outside the county for slaughter —nearly all to London.