§ Mr. Frank Cookasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many establishments known to him in England and Wales were used for the raising of animals for the production of fur, by species, in each of the last five years.
§ Mrs. FennerThe only figures available for establishments which rear animals for the production of fur in England and Wales are those for mink farms licensed for the purposes of the Destructive Imported Animals Act 1932. The licences issued in each of the financial years 1981–82 to 1985–86 were respectively 54, 50, 49, 45 and 47.