HC Deb 20 May 1975 vol 892 cc359-60W
Mr. Geraint Howells

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many sheep have been exported into the EEC countries since the export ban was lifted.

Mr. Strang

From 17th January 1975, the date on which export licensing of live sheep for further fattening or for immediate slaughter was resumed, to the end of March 1975, the latest date for which overseas trade statistics are available, 23,164 head of sheep were exported to EEC countries, excluding the Irish Republic, which was not affected by the ban.

Mr. Peart

Statistics of intervention stocks in EEC countries other than the United Kingdom are not kept by my Department but by the European Commission. According to the latest information received from them the total stocks held by intervention agencies were as shown in the following table; United Kingdom figures are also shown for comparison.