HC Deb 02 April 1952 vol 498 cc133-4W
Mr. Alport

asked the Minister of Agriculture what compensation is available for farmers prevented from sending pigs for slaughtering, owing to foot-and-mouth standstill orders, with the result that their animals are unable to fetch maximum prices.

Sir T. Dugdale

In defining the areas in which movement of animals is restricted

port are now receiving free milk; and how these figures compare with 1938 and 1945.

Miss Horsbrugh

The following figures give the information for a day in October, 1945, and in October, 1951:

School meals taken
England and Wales
October, 1945 1,831,877
October, 1951 2,895,054
School meals taken
Newport
October, 1945 13,470
October, 1951 14,837
Number of children receiving free milk in
Newport
October, 1945 670
October, 1951 13,354
Comparable figures are not available for 1938.

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