§ Mr. Harry BarnesTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many days supply of(a) milk, (b) butter, (c) meat and (d) grain are currently in store in Britain; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Donald Thompson[holding reply 26 April 1989]: Estimated days supply, in store in the United Kingdom, are as follows:
Commodity Days supply Milk1 0 Butter2 26 Lamb3 21 Beef2 11 Pork 3 Ham and Bacon 10–14 Wheat and Barley2 20 1 Raw milk is stored only for very brief periods prior to packaging or processing. 2 Intervention and EC assisted private storage only. Information on the quantities in commercial storage is unavailable. 3 Frozen imported lamb.