§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what recommendations he has issued to the Agricultural and Food Research Council in respect of employment of resources and manpower within the constraints of the budget which he plans to allocate to it during the next three years.
§ Mr. JoplingMy Ministry commissions research with the Agricultural and Food Research Council on a customer-contractor basis. We shall be finalising our
Total European Community Exports* ('000 Tonnes) Expenditure on Export Refunds† (MECU) 1981 1982 1983 1984‡ Jan-Mar 1981 1982 1983 1984≑ Wheat 10,631 9,477 12,122 2,981 n/a n/a 825.2 507.3 Wheat flour 3,409 3,218 2,048 954 Barley 5,269 2,581 3,749 1,056 n/a n/a 405.5 252.5 Rye 257 49 10 32 n/a n/a 294.3 158.6 Other cereals — — — — n/a n/a Total cereals (excluding rice) — — — — 1206.3 1064.9 1525.0 918.4 Butter and butteroil 455 375 330 84 n/a n/a 498.8 589.7 Skimmed milk powder 501 352 192 60 n/a n/a 151.2 353.7 Other milk and milk products — — — — n/a n/a 676.8 1000.1 Total milk and milk products — — — — 1,886.3 1,521.3 1,326.8 1,943.5 Sugar (refined) 4,635 4,699 4,191 925 409.2 744.0 758.1 1,190.0 * EC10 excluding intra Community trade. † Figures include refunds on food aid. ‡ Latest figures available are for January to March 1984 only. ≑ Latest estimate in the 1984 supplementary and amending budget No.1 including transfers. Source: EUROSTATE.
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