§ Mr. Shepherdasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what was the total United Kingdom consumption of beef for the years 1974, 1975, 1976 and
1974 1975 1976 1977 (January—June) United Kingdom human consumption of beef and veal (thousand tonnes) 1,253.1 1,321.0 1,178.3 584.9 Home production (excluding for non-food uses) as a percentage of human consumption* 79 83 81 78 (January—September) Percentage of United Kingdom imports of beef and veal from: EEC 71 84 75 80 Third countries 29 16 25 20 * These percentages relate purely to meat for human consumption. They are somewhat lower than the percentages of total production in relation to the total new supply.