§ Mr. Martenasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how much beef is stored in United Kingdom intervention; and where the main stores in which it is kept are located.
§ Mr. BishopOn 5th November 1976 the United Kingdom had about 9,700 tons of beef in intervention stores including about 1,000 tons boneless. About 3,500 tons of the bone-in stocks had been contracted for sale out of intervention and were awaiting collection.
A list of approved stores for beef intervention purposes is contained in the booklet "The European Community, Common Agricultural Policy—Support Buying of Beef " produced by the Inter-
WHOLESALE (OR NEAREST) PRICES OF SELECTED FOODS IN CERTAIN COUNTRIES INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE EEC Commodity Country Description of price quotation £ per tonne* Butter … Germany … … Ex-dairy Marken butter Cologne … … … 1,687 United Kingdom … … Home produced United Kingdom Provision Trade Federation … … … 1,153 U.S.A. … … AA-93 Score Chicago … … … 1,207 Cheese … Germany … … Ex-Factory Emmentaler Cheese Kempten … … … 1,538 Sweden … … Whole fat cheese … … … 1,006 Flour … France … … Breadmaking Paris … … … 152 Sweden … … Wheat flour … … … 219 U.S.A. … … Hard winter Kansas City … … … 94 Sugar … Denmark … … Granulated sugar. Free price to buyers depot … … … 265 Sweden … … Sifted sugar manufacturing prices … … … 281 U.S.A … … Cane refined New York … … … 213 Beef … United Kingdom … … Scottish beef sides Smithfield … … … 1,058 France … … Hindquarters Rungis … … … 2,023 Sweden … … Stockholm and Goteborg … … … 1,317 Lamb … Irish Republic … … Lambs up to 45 lb. Meat factory quotation … … … 1,257 France … … Lambs covered A Rungis … … … 2,182 Australia … … Light lambs, Melbourne … … … 500 Chicken … United Kingdom … … Broilers London … … … 617 U.S.A. … … Broilers dressed "A" New York … … … 497 Eggs … United Kingdom … … Packer to wholesaler … … … 3.41† Germany … … All qualities … … … 3.64† U.S.A. … … Large White Chicago … … … 4.36† * Converted from national currencies at market rates of exchange on date of quotation. † £ per 120 eggs. Source: National publications.
876Wvention Board for Agricultural Produce. A copy has been sent to the hon. Member and copies have been placed in the Library of the House. For commercial reasons, the details of the location of all stocks are not disclosed.