§ 51. Mr. Teddy TaylorTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what is his latest estimate of the amount which the EEC is spending per week on the storage, destruction and dumping of food surpluses; what was the comparable sum actually spent per week, five and 10 years previously, respectively; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. MacGregorWeekly community expenditure on technical and financing costs of public intervention and on export refunds and internal disposal subsidies (including loss on sale out of intervention) for commodities now in structural surplus (cereals, sugar, olive oil, wine, beef, milk and milk products) was £28 million in 1977, £80 million in 1982 and £233 million in 1987. In some circumstances withdrawn produce finds no end use and may be assumed to be spoiled or wasted, but the relevant expenditure is not separately identifiable.