§ 3. Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what consideration was given to the present position regarding stocks of butter, in considering the EEC proposals to extend the hill-farming subsidy to dairy cattle.
§ Mr. Anthony StodartThe restrictions which the Council of Ministers imposed on the inclusion of dairy cows for head-age payments in mountain and other less-favoured areas were designed to avoid any worsening of the milk products surplus in the Community.
§ 43. Mr. Charles R. Morrisasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what is the present level of butter stocks in the EEC; and what the EEC authorities propose to do with them.
§ Mr. Anthony StodartThe latest available information shows public intervention stocks of 124,335 metric tons and privately-owned stocks of 124,416 metric tons. At present these stocks may be released on to the Community market at above the intervention price for any purpose, or at a reduced price to non-profit-making organisations, to the armed forces, to certain food manufacturers for concentrated butter, as well as for export as ghee or as butter, or as food aid.