Mr. Boyleasked the Minister of Food how many pigs were sent to bacon curers and Government slaughterhouses, separately, for the months of August, September and October, 1948, or to the latest convenient date.
§ Mr. StracheyThe figures are as follow:
1948 Pigs slaughtered at Bacon Factories Pigs slaughtered at Government Slaughterhouses Total August (4 weeks) 61,800 6,700 68,500 September (4 weeks) 61,300 7,400 68,700 October (5 weeks) 93,400 12,200 105,600 The October figures are provisional but the final figures should approximate closely to them.