Sir Michael NcNair-WilsonTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what steps are being taken to ensure that food held in intervention, which is surplus to the stocks considered necessary by the EC as a proper reserve, is being made available as food aid for the newly independent countries of eastern Europe, including Russia.
§ Mr. CurryDecisions on the supply of food aid take account of the needs of the recipient country. Where appropriate, supplies are drawn from intervention stocks, but in other cases they are purchased through the market for cost, availability or other reasons.