The hon. Lady is right, because climatic conditions will make a difference. The amount of time that an animal takes to finish grazing to become fat also makes a difference, as does the time taken to finish an animal for meat production. All such things have to be taken into consideration. Of course there are a number of ways to measure carbon.
Beef Cattle and Sheep (Carbon Footprint)
Proceeding contribution from
Neil Parish
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 26 June 2013.
It occurred during Adjournment debate on Beef Cattle and Sheep (Carbon Footprint).
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2013-14
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