§ Dr. Roger Thomasasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will publish the latest figures available of the intervention stocks of beef in each member country of the EC; and how such figures compare with those at a comparable time one and three years ago.
§ Mr. MacGregorThe information requested is given in the following table:
Stocks of beef in public intervention 28 February 1982 29 February 1984 28 February 1985 Belgium 8 3,456 4,474 Denmark 8,107 23,000 28,138 Germany 19,344 35,177 *79,210 Greece — 429 — France 56,561 97,863 188,235 Ireland 29,279 55,445 85,044 Italy 8,137 107,628 153,080 Luxembourg — — — Netherlands 2,291 10,144 18,625 United Kingdom 6,169 11,228 49,511 EC 10 129,896 344,370 606,317 * As at 3 March 1985. Source: European Commission Working documents.