§ Mr. Nottasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will
Premium Contracts for Channel Islands Milk (Million gallons) Total Sales of Milk Off Farms (Million gallons) Year ending 31st March England and Wales Devon and Cornwall England and Wales Devon and Cornwall United Kingdom 1961 … … … 98 18 1,951 167 2,303 1965 … … … 109 23 1,990 180 2,356 1969 … … … 107 20 2,163 221 2,564 In Scotland the amount of milk produced from Channel Island herds is estimated to be about 2 million gallons.
48Wpublish figures of the landings of fish by value handled through Newlyn Market in each of the past four years.
§ Mr. HoyMy Department does not collect statistics of fish handled through particular markets, but the value of fish landed at Newlyn was as follows:—
1966 £279,000 1967 £290,000 1968 £310,000 1969 £338,000 (estimated)
§ Mr. Nottasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will publish a memorandum setting out the results of the recent experiments which have been made by the tagging of crawfish in Cornwall; and what further evidence is available on the effect of diving for crawfish on breeding stocks.
§ Mr. HoyA progress report on the crawfish investigations in Cornwall will be published shortly. On present evidence there is no reason to think that the breeding stocks are adversely affected by any type of fishing off the Cornish coast.