§ Mr. Martenasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will state for each Monday from 2nd February 1976 to 3rd May 1976 the amount of beef accepted into intervention in the United Kingdom and similar figures for the EEC as a whole.
§ Mr. BishopIntervention purchases of beef in the United Kingdom since 2nd February have been as follows:
Week ending— 7th February 30 tons 14th February Nil 21st February Nil 28th February 33 tons 6th March 45 tons 13th March 12 tons 20th March 126 tons 27th March 1,804 tons 3rd April 2,404 tons 10th April 2,197 tons* 17th April 1,063 tons* 24th April 868 tons* 1st May 1,038 tons* *Subject to final verification. Statistics relating to intervention purchases in EEC countries other than the United Kingdom are kept not by my Department but by the European Commission.