HC Deb 16 June 1947 vol 438 cc162-3W
Mr. York

asked the Minister of Agriculture the number of sheep, other than those from flocks eligible for the hill-sheep subsidy, which were lost during the past winter, dividing the totals, if possible, into upland and lowland sheep.

Mr. T. Williams

I am still able to make only a provisional estimate. Abnormal losses of sheep and lambs in Great Britain, other than hill sheep and lambs, are likely to be of the order of one million head. I have no information which would permit of a subdivision into upland and lowland sheep.

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