§ Mr. Teddy Taylorasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if, pursuant to his reply of 29 March stating that the British Intervention Board had destroyed or otherwise disposed of 161,000 tons of food or fish, he will find out from the European Economic Community Commission how much food, fish and wine was destroyed or otherwise disposed of by each of the other member States of the European Economic Community in 1981; and if he will publish the figures in the Official Report.
§ Mr. Peter WalkerI have asked the Commission for the information requested, and shall reply to my hon. Friend as soon as possible.
§ Mr. Teddy Taylorasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if, pursuant to his reply of 29 March, he will publish a table showing the total amounts of food and fish destroyed or otherwise disposed of in each of the 10 years prior to 1981.
§ Mr. Peter WalkerThe following table gives the figures from 1973 being the year in which the United Kingdom began to operate the common agricultural policy of the European Community:
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1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 Total Breadmaking Wheat destroyed — — — — — — — — — otherwise disposed of — — — — — — — 2,220 2,220 Apples destroyed — — — 49 — 357 6,601 8,040 15,047 otherwise disposed of — — — 5 — 248 4,046 2,112 6,411 Pears destroyed — — — 23 — — 2,915 695 2,193 otherwise disposed of — — — 2 — — 387 196 585 Tomatoes destroyed — — — — — — — — — otherwise disposed of — — — 1 — — 51 — 52 Cauliflowers destroyed — — — — 235 5,976 — 812 7,023 otherwise disposed of — 6 — — 170 122 1 477 776 Fish destroyed — — 169 14 6 4 427 542 1,162 otherwise disposed of — 5,614 12,534 26,400 33,975 8,396 2,552 32,203 121,674
§ Mr. Teddy Taylorasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will make a statement outlining the methods by which 12,636 tons of apples were destroyed in Great Britain in 1981 by the Intervention Board for Agricultural Produce or its agents; and how the board satisfied itself that the apples were actually destroyed.
§ Mr. Peter WalkerIn the United Kingdom, apples withdrawn from the market are ploughed in or dumped in approved refuse tips. The operations are witnessed and supervised.
§ Mr. Teddy Taylorasked the Minister of Agriculture Fisheries and Food if he will describe the ways in which around 50,000 tons of fish were destroyed or otherwise disposed of in 1981.
§ Mr. Peter WalkerFish withdrawn from the human consumption market in 1981 were destroyed or otherwise disposed of in the following ways:
tonnes Destroyed (by dumping at sea) 1,297 Otherwise disposed of as fish meal 47,144 Otherwise disposed of as pet food 901 Total 49,342