HC Deb 02 May 1989 vol 152 cc81-2W
Mr. John Marshall

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many representations have been received to date from the potato processing industry in favour of(a) the retention and (b) the abolition of the Potato Marketing Board.

Tonnes
Butter Beef Wine Cheese
Year ending Held in intervention Privately owned and stored against EC aided contracts Held in intervention Privately owned and stored against EC aided contracts
1979 109 1 nil 1 nil nil
1980 269 1 nil 1 nil nil
1981 nil 1 nil 1 nil nil
1982 110 1 nil 1 nil nil
1983 2,422 nil nil nil nil nil
1984 3,218 233 66.0 nil nil nil
1985 4,999 nil 122.0 nil nil nil
1986 7,898 110 46.0 nil nil nil
1987 3,412 44 15.0 nil nil nil
1988 1,757 nil 0.5 nil nil nil
1 Details of privately owned stocks of butter held prior to 1983 are no longer available.

Current valuation figures for intervention butter and beef are £1,422.46/tonne and £1,322.71/tonne respectively.

Mr. Donald Thompson

Six representations from the processing industry had been received by 31 December 1988, the deadline set in the Government's consultation paper on future potato market policy. All favoured a free market.

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