§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he will publish in the Official Report a table showing for each dairy product the estimated amount sold in 1984 from intervention stocks, or otherwise financed by European Economic Community funds, for use as an animal feedingstuff; and if he will provide similar figures for 1983, 1979 and 1970 together with the cost to European Economic Community funds.
§ Mr. MacGregorSkimmed milk powder and liquid skimmed milk are made available under Community schemes for use in animal feedingstuffs. The quantities for which applications for aid were made in 1973 (the first year for which data are readily available), 1979 and 1983 were as follows:
'000 tonnes Liquid skimmed milk Skimmed milk powder 1973 4,855 1,200 1979 4,419 1,812 1983 4,924 1,809 Total expenditure on these measures during the respective calendar years was £145 million, £715 million and £1,100 million.
Data are not yet available for 1984.