HC Deb 19 July 1993 vol 229 cc52-3W
Mr. Richards

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what is the current level of self-sufficiency in Wales in the production of(a) butter, (b) milk, (c) beef and (d) sheepmeat.

Mr. Redwood

The latest available estimates, for 1990, of self-sufficiency—production in Wales as a percentage of consumption in Wales—are as follows.

1990
Consumption Production Production as a percentage of consumption per cent.
Butter 27,901 — —
1 3163.8 — —
Milk and Butter 3491.5 31,530 311.30
Beef 218,011 266,000 366.46
Sheepmeat 215,674 274,000 472.12
1 Figures are not available for the volume of butter produced from Welsh milk. Butter consumption estimates have therefore been converted into raw milk equivalent and included with liquid milk consumption.
2 Tonnes.
3 Million litres.