HC Deb 14 March 1969 vol 779 cc377-8W
Mr. Gordon Campbell

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many Irish cattle were imported into Scotland during 1968; and how many of these reacted to a tuberculin test carried out after their arrival.

Mr. Ross

169,207 cattle were landed in Scotland from Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland during 1968. It is estimated that 64,000 went for immediate slaughter. For the same period, of some 16,000 imported female cattle intended for breeding purposes which were tuberculin tested after arrival, 51 reacted.

to manageable proportions the minimum has been set at £100,000 per annum. I will send the right hon. Gentleman details for the smaller departments (numbering over one hundred) if he wants them.

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