HC Deb 20 January 1978 vol 942 c399W
Mr. Onslow

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many representations he has received in each of the past five years, under the Destructive Imported Animals Act 1932, relating to feral mink.

Mr. Strang

Statistics are maintained only in respect of sightings reported to my Department under Section 5 of the Act. There were respectively 273, 223, 197, 228 and 227 such reports in the five years 1973–77.