§ Mr. Ernie Rossasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what amounts of foodstuffs produced by farmers in Tayside have been placed in European Economic Community intervention food stores in Scotland and elsewhere in the United Kingdom; and if he will provide a breakdown per item.
§ Mr. John MacKayThe information available cannot be related to food produced in Tayside. The quantities of food held in intervention stores in Scotland, on 31 December 1982, are given in the following table. This food could have been produced anywhere in the United Kingdom.
Quantity (tonnes) Butter 273 Skimmed milk powder 2,480 Beef 1,942 Barley 263,428 Breadmaking wheat 1,081 Feedwheat 2,645