§ Mr. Martenasked 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 48W
(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. BishopThe 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: