asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will publish a table showing the price payable to those who destroy foxes, indicating how the price per fox's tail has risen since 1945; and what plans he has for increasing these payments.

My Department is concerned only with payments to approved fox destruction societies, reflecting a proportion of the bonus paid to their members on production of the fox's brush. The maximum rates of contribution during the period to which the hon. Member refers were as follows:

	Adult Fox	Fox Cub
Up to February 1955	7/6 (37½p)	2/6 (12½p)
Thereafter	10/- (50p)	5/- (25p)

The provision in England is at present under review.The corresponding responsibility in Wales is now exercised by my right hon. and learned Friend, the Secretary of State for Wales.