HC Deb 20 March 1975 vol 888 cc483-4W
32. Mr. Temple-Morris

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what increases milk producers will receive between milk produced in the winter of 1974–75 and milk produced in the winter of 1975–76.

Mr. Bishop:

I would refer the hon. Member to the reply given to the hon. Member for Westmorland (Mr. Jopling) on 26th February.—[Vol. 887, c.168.]

43. Mr. Cockroft

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what fall in milk yield he expects will follow from the fact that in the last quarter of 1974 total artificial inseminations of dairy cows by the Milk Marketing Board were down by 46,000, 14.9 per cent., on the same period of 1973.

Mr. Bishop:

Yields depend on a combination of factors and it is not possible to isolate the effects of changes in the level of artificial inseminations.