§ Mr. Deakinsasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what stocks are held in the European Community of cereals, butter, skimmed milk powder, sugar, oil seeds and rice; and what were the comparable figures one year before.
§ Mr. Buchanan-SmithStocks in public intervention and assisted private storage of the products in question on the latest date for which information is available and on a corresponding date in the previous year were as follows:
Current Stocks Date '000 tonnes Previous Year '000 tonnes Wheat 4 February 1983 6,297 2,716 Barley 4 February 1983 1,584 623 Durum 4 February 1983 692 320 Rye 4 February 1983 277 313 Butter 10 February 1983 336 121 Skimmed milk powder 10 February 1983 603 274 Oilseeds 31 December 1982 37 19 There are not at present, and were not 12 months ago, any intervention stocks of rice or sugar. All Community sugar is eligible for storage aid under a self-financing scheme designed to promote orderly marketing.