§ Mr. Corbettasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what, in each of the last five years, was the number of farmed deer slaughtered (a) on farm and (b) in abattoirs in Scotland.
§ Mr. John MacKayInformation about the number of farmed deer slaughtered on farm is not collected by the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland. A limited trial of abbattoir slaughter of farmed deer has been taking place since 1982 in one abattoir in Scotland, in the course of which some 380 deer have been slaughtered.