§ Mr. Shepherdasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many sheep were destroyed in 1965–66 and in each succeeding year until the latest available date as a result of foot-and-mouth disease.
§ Mr. StrangIn the calendar year 1965 no sheep were destroyed in Great Britain as a result of foot-and-mouth disease. The figures for the three years 1966 to 1968 were 38,607, 97,253 and 11,582. There has been no outbreak in Great Britain since June 1968.
§ Mr. Shepherdasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many head of cattle were destroyed in 1965–66 and in each of the succeeding years to the latest available date as a result of foot and mouth disease.
§ Mr. StrangThe figures are as follows for calendar years:
1965 … … 154 1966 … … 5,964 1967 … … 196,804 1968 … … 18,096 1969 to date … … Nil
§ Mr. Shepherdasked the Minister of Agriculture Fisheries and Food how 138W much compensation was paid as a result of foot and mouth disease in the year 1965–66 and each of the succeeding years to the latest available date.
§ Mr. StrangCompensation paid as a result of foot and mouth disease outbreaks from 1965 onwards was as follows in calendar years:
£ 1965 … … 18,299 1966 … … 932,786 1967 … … 24,526,203 1968 … … 2,322,195 1969 to date … … Nil