HC Deb 05 February 1968 vol 758 cc34-5W
Mr. Currie

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what was the total number of pigs in the United Kingdom at the latest available date; and how this compares with the position 12 months previously.

Mr. John Mackie

The total number of pigs in the United Kingdom at the time of the December 1967 census is provisionally estimated as 7,636 thousand. The corresponding total in December 1966 was 7,284 thousand.