HC Deb 24 June 1980 vol 987 c112W
Mr. Roy Hughes

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether the butter which was consumed in the fire at Welsh Cold Stores, Ltd., Newport, on 8 December 1979, was part of the European Economic Community intervention stock.

Mr. Peter Walker

Yes, in part. 427 tonnes of intervention butter was destroyed, along with other butter, in the fire on 8 December 1979.