asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what proportion of the national dairy herd has been accredited free from brucellosis in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement of his future intentions.

The proportion of the dairy herd in England and Wales that was accredited at the end of each of the last five years was as follows:

	Per cent.
1972	40·0
1973	53·1
1974	56·5
1975	64·3
1976	69·2

As to the future, I would refer the hon. Member to the reply given on 8th March to my hon. Friend the Member for Rother Valley (Mr. Hardy) which dealt with all types of cattle in Great Britain.—[Vol. 927, c.

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what proportion of the dairy herd in each county is now accredited free from brucellosis.

The position at 31st March 1977 was as follows:

Country	Per cent
Avon	47
Bedford	97
Berkshire	96
Buckingham	67
Cambridge	96
Cheshire	48
Cleveland	53

Country	Per cent
Cornwall	44
Cumbria	95
Derby	41
Devon	83
Dorset	59
Durham	41
Essex	98
Gloucester	59
Hampshire	53
Isle of Wight	100
Hereford and Worcester	64
Hertford	96
Humberside	53
Kent	87
Lancashire	94
Leicester	64
Lincoln	58
Greater Manchester	57
Merseyside	56
Norfolk	99
Northampton	65
Northumberland	60
Nottingham	70
Oxford	63
Salop	74
Somerset	66
Stafford	41
Suffolk	99
Surrey	96
Sussex, East	85
Sussex, West	98
Tyne and Wear	58
Warwick	57
West Midlands	39
Wiltshire	47
Yorkshire, South	68
Yorkshire, North	68
Yorkshire, West	72
Isles of Scilly	100
Greater London	91

Clwyd	79
Dyfed	99
Glamorgan, South	88
Glamorgan, Mid-	90
Glamorgan, West	94
Gwent	89
Gwynedd	99
Powys	99

Total England and Wales

71