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Pigs (Slaughtered)

Volume 929: debated on Wednesday 30 March 1977

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asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many pigs, cutter and otherwise, from farms in England and Wales were slaughtered in the latest year for which figures are available.

About 11ยท8 million pigs were slaughtered in England and Wales in 1976. The figure includes a number of pigs reared on Scottish farms. A separate figure for cutters is not available.