§ 12. Mr. Bill Walkerasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will give details of the sale of lambs for the first five months of 1986.
§ Mr. GummerAlthough the actual number of sales of lamb are not available, the number of sheep and lambs slaughtered in the United Kingdom in the first five months of 1986 was 4.213 million.
§ Mr. McLoughlinasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will publish a table showing information available to him on (a) the average price of lamb over the last 12 weeks and (b) the average price of lamb in the comparable 12 weeks in 1985.
§ Mr. GummerThe following table gives the information requested:
Great Britain Average market prices for lambs and other clean sheep (pence per kg) Week commencing 1986 1985 Week commencing 14 April 266.05 245.64 15 April 21 April 266.42 241.68 22 April 28 April 274.77 241.53 29 April 5 May 270.25 232.26 6 May 12 May 268.25 221.73 13 May 19 May 248.46 197.01 20 May 26 May 236.35 194.00 27 May 2 June 249.42 196.88 3 June 9 June 238.98 189.44 10 June 16 June *191.40 176.75 17 June 23 June *151.30 151.69 24 June 30 June †159.90 154.85 1 July * Provisional † Forecast Source: Intervention Board for Agriculture Produce except provisional and forecast figures: Meat and Livestock Commission.