HC Deb 14 March 1995 vol 256 c505W
Mr. Wigley

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what proposals he has put forward in the European Council of Ministers to eliminate the

Lamb marketings 1989 to 1994
thousand head
1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994
Total UK Lamb marketings1 18,296 18,564 19,937 18,840 17,892 n/a
of which;
Lamb Slaughterings2
England 12,130 12,556 13,315 12,349 11,345 11,062
Wales 2,177 2,102 2,276 1,673 1,868 1,705
Scotland 2,815 2,787 3,048 2,989 3,104 3,271
Northern Ireland 731 733 617 955 978 776
UK 17,853 18,177 19,255 17,966 17,295 16,814
Live exports3 UK 442 386 681 874 597 n/a
1 Home killed slaughter plus recorded live exports.
2 Home killed slaughter of other sheep and lambs.
3Source:

1989–1992 Central Statistical Office, 1993 MDS Transmodal. Sheep under 1 year.

1993 data, based on the new system of recording trade between EU countries (lntrastat),are provisional. They are thought to under-recorded the true level of exports.

Data for 1994 are not yet available.

Live exports are not broken down below the UK level.

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