§ Mr. Leeasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what is the estimated value in European units of account and in £ sterling, commodity by commodity, of the intervention stocks currently held in the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. BishopSubject to final verification, the estimated values of intervention stocks held in the United Kingdom by the Intervention Board for Agricultural Produce on 14th July were:
European Units of Account £Sterling Bteef 38,705,367 25,749,907 Butter 31,840,674 21,182,963 Skimmed Milk Powder 57,598,511 38,319,137 Barley 2,558.599 1,702,185 In addition, it is understood that the Republic of Ireland holds intervention stocks of beef in the United Kingdom to the value of approximately 24,000,000 European units of account—£16 million.