HC Deb 22 May 1985 vol 79 cc474-6W
Mr. Tony Lloyd

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will indicate the locations of European Economic Community intervention stocks held in the north-west region of England.

Mr. Jopling

The locations of EEC intervention stores in the north-west region comprising the counties of Cheshire, Lancashire, Merseyside, Cumbria and Greater Manchester are:

Cereals Widnes
Birkenhead
Butter
Beef Chester
Liverpool Fleetwood
Salford Heywood
St. Helens Liverpool
Warrington Manchester
Preston
Skimmed Milk Powder Rochdale
Bootle Salford
Cockermouth St. Helens
Kirkby Warrington
St. Helens Wigan
Warrington

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