§ Mr. Ron DaviesTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, pursuant to his replies to the hon. Member for Caerphilly of 22 February,Official Report, columns 896–97, whether there is a mink farm at Stansted in Essex; and if he will make a statement about his method of compiling statistics on the numbers and locations of mink farms.
§ Mr. MacleanThere is a licensed mink farm at Stansted, Essex. Applications for licences to operate mink farms in England are received at the Ministry's divisional offices, which record locations and numbers of licences issued. The other agricultural departments are responsible for compiling statistics relating to farms in their regions. My answer of 22 February, column897 contained a typographical error; the table showing numbers of mink farms should have shown a total as at 20 February 1990 of 50, not 51.