HC Deb 30 March 1977 vol 929 c159W
Mr. Cope

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what was the maximum size, and what is the size now, of the EEC "butter mountain" expressed in pounds per person in the EEC.

Mr. Bishop

At their height for the enlarged Community, intervention stocks of butter amounted to 2.5 lb per person in 1973 compared with 1.6 lb per person now. For the original Six member States however, stocks in 1969 were then equivalent to 4.0 lb per person.