HC Deb 05 April 1989 vol 150 c215W
Mr. Nicholas Bennett

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what has been the total tonnage of imports of ware potatoes in each of the past 10 years, what percentage this tonnage represents as a percentage of(a) total potato yield and (b) total potato sales in each year; and what was the total purchase by the Potato Marketing Board of surplus potatoes in each of the last 10 years.

Mr. Ryder

This information can be derived from the final table in "Potato Statistics in Great Britain 1983–87", published by the Potato Marketing Board. A copy has been placed in the Library of the House.

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