HC Deb 08 February 1979 vol 962 cc230-1W
21. Mr. Jay

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what are the present totals of EEC stocks of butter, beef, wheat and skimmed milk powder in intervention or assisted private storage.

Mr. Bishop

At recent dates some 230,000 tonnes of butter, 660,000 tonnes of skimmed milk powder, 210,000 tonnes of beef and over 1 million tonnes of wheat were held in intervention stores throughout the Community. In addition, about 175,000 tonnes of butter were in assisted private storage and 40,000 tonnes of beef had been contracted for such storage under the scheme which closed just before Christmas.