§ Miss Maynardasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what was the value of grain stored in the United Kingdom on 30 November 1984; and what is the cost of storing such grain per day.
§ Mr. MacGregorThe value of cereals in intervention storage in the United Kingdom at 30 November 1984 was £267 million, applying the price per tonne set out in the annex to Commission regulation (EEC) No. 3248/84. Information on the cost of its storage is commercially confidential and depends on contractual terms negotiated at variable rates with individual storekeepers. The best guide is probably the monthly increment in intervention prices, which is designed to represent, on the basis of objective intervention provided by all EC member states, the cost of holding grain in store for one month, ignoring
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§ Mr. MellorNo authorisations under the Cruelty to Animals Act 1876 can be granted to organisations. I regret that information about individual licencees with the greatest number of authorisations is not readily available and could be ascertained only at disportionate cost.