§ Mr. D. E. Thomasasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what is his estimate of the extra volume and cost of cereal taken into intervention in 1984–85 as a result of the reduction in the amount bought by dairy farmers.
§ Mr. MacGregorThe volume and pattern of sales into intervention will be influenced by a range of factors, including the size and quality of the harvest, total home and export demand over the season, and market prices, and it is not possible to isolate any effect of dairy farmers' purchasing patterns.