§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what is his estimate of the latest self sufficiency ratio in beef; and how this compares with the previous two years.
§ Mr. BishopAs indicated in Table 14 of the White Paper " Annual Review of Agriculture 1978 (Cmnd. 7058), production of beef and veal as a percentage of total new supply was as follows:
1975 1976 1977 (forecast) 92 per cent. 89 per cent. 84 per cent.
§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Minister of Agriculture. Fisheries and Food what is his
1975 1976 1977 Beef Veal Beef Veal Beef Veal January-March … … … 24.9 0.7 18.8 0.6 36.6 0.9 April-June … … … 21.2 0.8 21.4 0.7 29.9 0.8 July-September … … … 25.2 0.8 25.4 0.8 33.7 1.1 October-December … … … 27.5 0.8 41.4 0.8 Not yet available
§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what steps he has taken during the past month to safeguard the position of beef producers in 20W when expressed in common units and as percentage shares; and what are the estimates on the same basis for 1985 and 2000, respectively.
§ Mr. EadieThe figures for 1976 are published in the Digest of United Kingdom Energy Statistics 1977. These are summarised below along with the " Reference Case " forecasts for 1985 and 2000, as published in Energy Commission Paper No. 1 " Working Document on Energy Policy ". These forecasts represent one of a wide range of possible futures examined by my Department and are subject to a considerable degree of uncertainty.
estimate of the level of beef production in Great Britain in 1977; and how this compares with 1976 and 1975.
§ Mr. BishopProduction of beef and veal in Great Britain in the years requested, with United Kingdom figures in brackets, are set out below:
Thousand Tonnes 1975 1,085.0 (1,218.5) 1976 967.4 (1,068.9) 1977 (provisional) 894.2 (1,019.0)
§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will publish a table showing the quarterly volume of imports into the United Kingdom of fresh and chilled beef and of veal, for each quarter of 1975, 1976 and 1977.
§ Mr. BishopAs follows:
the United Kingdom because of unfair competition arising from the green pound.
§ Mr. BishopThe Government obtained Community agreement to reintroduce the 21W grade of steers M as a category eligible for intervention in Great Britain from 1st December 1977. The support levels for beef have also been strengthened by the 4 per cent. rise in the intervention price from 1st January 1978 as a result of the completion of our transition to common EEC price levels. Meanwhile, producers of certified cattle have been receiving average returns which have been increasing each week by virtue of the rising scale of target prices. Returns are now 7 per cent. higher than in the middle of January last year.
§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what are the latest estimated figures for the subsidy on imported beef, in terms of pence per kilo dead weight, for imports from the Republic of Ireland and from West Germany, respectively.
§ Mr. BishopIn the week commencing 9th January 1978, the net monetary compensatory amounts payable on United Kingdom imports of fresh and chilled beef carcases, from the Irish Republic and West Germany, were 29.33p per kg deadweight and 47.22p per kg deadweight respectively.
§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what is his estimate of the excess per kilo of monetary compensation amounts over and above that necessary to achieve parity of support in relation to beef production between the Republic of Ireland and in the United Kingdom.
Cif Value of United Kingdom Imports £'000 Pork Bacon and Ham Canned 1972 … … … … … 14,290 138,046 48,916 1973 … … … … … 8,313 189,627 77,048 1974 … … … … … 3,791 200,833 83,167 1975 … … … … … 11,669 220,102 91,716 1976 … … … … … 9,250 227,776 113,209 1977 (January to November) … … 9,622 253,331 109,493