HC Deb 17 February 1983 vol 37 c250W
49. Mr. Charles Morrison

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will estimate the damage done by rabbits and pigeons to agricultural crops in the United Kingdom.

Mrs. Fenner

No reliable estimates are available of the national damage to agricultural production attributable to either species, but that caused by rabbits is likely to be of the order of tens of millions of pounds annually.