asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he can say how many butter factories, excluding factories engaged solely in blending, there are, respectively, in the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Denmark and Australia; and whether he is proposing to take steps to increase the number of butter factories in the United Kingdom?

I regret that I am not in possession of the information necessary to answer the first part of my hon. Friend's question; as regards the second part, the answer is in the negative.