HC Deb 13 March 1978 vol 946 cc47-8W
Mr. Marten

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what size are the stocks of beef, butter, barley and skimmed milk held in intervention in the

(a) United Kingdom
Quantity (in metric tonnes)
Commodity 1975 1976 1977 1978
Beef 14 1,000 4,500 15,600
Barley 11,200
Butter 1,700 >4,800
Skimmed milk 10,600 28,000 2,700 58,700

(b) EEC AS A WHOLE
Quantity (in metric tonnes)
Commodity 1975 1976 1977 1978
Beef 307,500 246,800 265,000 364,000
Barley 540,400 405,300 210,200 93,900
Butter 41,200 84,600 192,700 137,200
Skimmed milk 384,500 1,154,700 935,800 845,600

Vol. 945, c. 682], gave the following information:

No subsidy other than compensation for price restraint under the Statutory Corporations (Financial Provisions) Acts 1974 and 1975 has been paid to the Post Office. Following is the information on operating and revenue account results.

United Kingdom and in the rest of the Common Market for the years 1975, 1976, 1977 and the latest figure for 1978.

Mr. Bishop

The following figures give the amounts of beef, barley, butter and skimmed milk powder in official intervention stores in (a) the United Kingdom and (b) the EEC as a whole, in February in each of the years specified: