§ Mr. Clayasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (1) if he will state (a) purchase costs, (b) storage costs and (c) other related costs of maintaining beef intervention stocks;
(2) if he will state (a) purchase costs, (b) storage costs and (c) other related costs of maintaining cereal intervention stocks;
(3) if he will state (a) purchase costs, (b) storage costs and (c) other related costs of maintaining butter intervention stocks;
(4) if he will state (a) purchase costs, (b) storage costs and (c) other related costs of maintaining skimmed milk powder intervention stocks.
§ Mr. JoplingExpected purchase costs are set out in subhead Al of the 1986–87 Supply Estimate for class IV vote I (HC 284-IV). Storage costs, forming part of the totals for incidentals, are expected to be as follows:
£ million Beef 18.879 Butter 18.619 Skimmed Milk Powder 00.521 Cereals 72.426