§ Mr. Ashleyasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (1) what comments, and when, were made by the 598W business reporting agency used by the Intervention Board for Agricultural Produce to report on the financial position of the Trent Grain Company;
(2) on which dates a stock loss at Trent Grain was (a) suspected and (b) confirmed; and what action was taken after the earlier date to (i) minimise the possibility of further stock losses, (ii) recover the suspected loss and (iii) investigate the financial position of the company;
(3) whether his Department has obtained a copy of the 1985 annual report of the Trent Grain Company.
§ Mr. GummerI shall reply to the right hon. Member as soon as possible.
§ Mr. Parryasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will now make it his practice to list the sites of European Economic Community intervention butter stores.
§ Mr. Jopling[pursuant to his reply, 16 December 1986]: The locations of all United Kingdom intervention stores including those containing butter were given in my reply to the hon. Member for Dundee, West (Mr. Ross) on 2 December 1986, at column 589.
§ Mr. Parryasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many locations in Liverpool are used for European Economic Community intervention butter stores.
§ Mr. Jopling[pursuant to his reply, 16 December 1986]: There are at present five stores in Liverpool containing intervention butter.