§ Mr. Watkinsonasked the Minister of Agriculture. Fisheries and Food how close to self-sufficiency are the countries of the EEC in (a) dairy products and milk, (b) beef, (c) pigmeat, (d) poultry, (e) eggs, (f) cereals, and (g) lamb.
§ Mr. John SilkinThe latest information on self-sufficiency in the EEC is as follows:
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Percentage Commodity Self-sufficiency (a) (b) Dairy Products and Milk Butter 107 Cheese 101 Skimmed Milk Powder 109 Condensed Milk 147 Whole Milk 100(c) Beef and Veal 99 Pigmeat 99 Poultrymeat 104 Eggs 100 Cereals 87 Mutton and lamb (d) 64 (a) This information is based on statistics produced by the Statistical Office of the European Communities. (b) The figures given represent the percentage that home production forms of total domestic utilisation. They relate to the crop year 1975–76, or the calendar year 1976 except where specified. (c) This figure relates to the year 1975. (d) A separate figure for lamb is not available.
§ Mr. Watkinsonasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how close to self-sufficiency the United Kingdom was in 1977 in (a) dairy products and milk, (b) beef, (c) pigmeat, (d) poultry, (e) eggs, (f) cereals, and (g) lamb.
§ Mr. John SilkinExcept for milk for liquid consumption in which we are fully self-sufficient, the information requested is set out in Tables 7–17 of the White Paper. "Annual Review of Agriculture 1978" (Cmnd. 7058).