Mr. John Mark Taylorasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will publish in the Official Report the current contents of each European Economic Community intervention foodstore in Britain; and what is the total annual cost to public funds of the operation of such foodstores.
§ Mr. Donald ThompsonOn the first part of his question I refer my hon. Friend to the answer that I gave to the hon. Member for Pontypridd (Mr. John) on 16 July. Estimate provision for 1987–88 in class IV, vote I, agricultural support (Intervention Board for Agricultural Produce), in respect of storage and related costs for intervention produce, is £177,247,000.