HC Deb 01 July 1996 vol 280 c363W
Mr. Gill

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many head of poultry have been slaughtered under the control and eradication of salmonella regulations. [34994]

Mrs. Browning

Since the start of the compulsory slaughter policy for salmonella infected flocks on 1 March 1989 until 28 June 1996, 3,706,938 birds in 414 flocks have been compulsorily slaughtered.