§ Sir Nicholas Bonsorasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what is the average storage cost of one tonne of intervention wheat from purchase to disposal; and what is the average time that one tonne of wheat is stored in intervention.
§ Mr. GummerCurrently the average length of time for which intervention wheat has been held in store is 10 months; the average cost of storage is 2.8 pence per tonne per day.