§ Mr. Mylesasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what were the levels of stocks of beef, butter, 120W skimmed milk powder, olive oil, wheat, rye and wine held in public intervention storage by the European Community for the latest convenient date, expressed in terms of the number of days' consumption; and how these levels compare with stocks held on similar dates for each of the past four years.
§ Mr. Buchanan-SmithWine is not held in public intervention storage. The figures for the other commodities are as follows:
European Community public intervention stocks as number of days' consumption 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 Olive Oil* 45 28 30 59 — Beef† 21 13 16 17 9 Butter‡ 29 56 60 18 6 Skimmed Milk Powder‡ 160 91 44 37 66 Wheat‡ 9 10 15 43 25 Rye‡ 30 75 56 62 42 Notes:
Community wide figures are not available for the period before 1978.
*Figures at 31 December.
†Figures at 31 January.
‡Figures at end of February.