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28.
Mr. Cooper-Key
asked the Minister of Food whether he will give the estimated figures for 1950 and 1951 for the respective percentages of the pig population to go for pork and for bacon, as compared with the years 1939, 1945 and 1949.
Mr. Webb
The figures for commercial pie marketings in Great Britain are:
| Year | Percentage of total pigs used for bacon | Percentage of total pigs used for other purposes | |
| 1939 | … | 42 | 58 |
| 1945 | … | 82 | 18 |
| 1949 | … | 88 | 12 |
| 1950 | (estd.) | 32 | 18 |