§ Mr. Stratton Millsasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what is the agreed number of store cattle which the Republic of Ireland is required to place on the British market each year under the Anglo/Eire Free Trade Agreement; and what has been the total number of store cattle provided in each of the years since the agreement was signed.
§ Mr. Anthony StodartUnder the Agreement on Store Animals and Carcase Meat which was made under the Anglo-Irish Free Trade Area Agreement and came into force on 1st July, 1966, the Government of the Republic of Ireland gave an undertaking to use their best endeavours consistent with the circumstances of the trade to ensure that the number of store cattle exported from the Republic of Ireland to the United210W Kingdom in any calendar year should not fall below 638,000 head.
The following are the numbers imported in each calendar year since the Agreement was signed in December, 1965:
1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 395,857 623,777 589,244 537,361 506,809