§ Mr. Welshasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the number of hill cows in Scotland in each of the last five years.
§ Mr. Hugh D. BrownThe numbers of breeding cows in Scotland which qualified for payment of subsidy under the hill cattle scheme in the years 1972 to 1975 and for payment of hill livestock compensatory allowances in 1976 were as follows:
1972 … 395,901 1973 … 429,920 1974 … 462,962 1975 … 478,718 1976 … 459,799 (provisional)