Mr. Mark Hughesasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how much the European Community has spent on (a) export restitutions, (b) storage of intervention stocks and (c) destruction of fresh produce in each year since 1973.
§ Mr. Peter WalkerThe information that is available is set out in the following table. The figures for expenditure on withdrawal operations cover other forms of disposal besides destruction; a complete breakdown of the expenditure is not available.
against the incursions of vessels that should not operate within the three-mile limit; and if he will make a statement on the events of the night of 11 and 12 December.
§ Mr. Buchanan-SmithSurface vessels and aircraft are used to police the three-mile line off Cornwall. Certain suspected cases of illegal fishing within this line are 297W currently under consideration. On the night of 11–12 December a fishery protection vessel investigated reports of illegal fishing within the three-mile line, but it found no evidence of an offence being committed.