§ Sir Anthony Meyerasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what were the levels of stocks held in public intervention storage on comparable dates in each of the past five years for each major agricultural commodity, expressed in terms of the number of days' average consumption these stocks represent, and giving figures for the latest convenient date in 1982.
§ Mr. Buchanan-SmithThe following table gives the information requested for those major agricultural commodities of which stocks are held in public intervention storage. The series begins in 1978 since Community-wide figures are not available for 1977.
European Community Public Intervention Stocks as Number of Days' Average Consumption 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 Olive Oil* 43 39 36 88 79 Beef† 17 11 11 12 4 Butter† 42 74 51 5 9 Skimmed Milk Powder† 156 75 38 61 92 Wheat† 6 10 15 30 ‡15 Rye† 34 51 45 37 ‡39 Notes * Figures at 31 May † Figures at 30 June ‡ Excludes Greece