§ Mr. Neubertasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what proportion of butter, of each country that exports butter to the United Kingdom, is prepacked before entering the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. BishopI regret that the information requested is not available. Importers are not required to state whether their butter is prepacked or not.
§ Mr. Neubertasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what proportion of butter sold in the United Kingdom is imported.
§ Mr. BishopIn the last 12 months for which figures are available—July 1975 to June 1976—imported butter is estimated to have accounted for about 85 per cent. of total new supplies coming on to the United Kingdom market. A reliable estimate of the proportion of butter of foreign origin actually sold for consumption is90W not available owing to the variation in stock levels of imported and domestic butter along the distribution chain.