HC Deb 24 October 1994 vol 248 c451W
Mr. John D. Taylor

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what was the total expenditure in each of the past two years by the Northern Ireland Livestock Marketing Commission; and how much in each of those two years was expended by the Commission in promoting the marketing of red meat(a) outside Northern Ireland and (b) to the internal Northern Ireland market.

Mr. Ancram

The Livestock Marketing Commission, now the Livestock and Meat Commission, incurred expenditure of £1,139,002 in 1992–93, of which £81,378 was spent on promoting the marketing of red meat—£14,421 outside Northern Ireland and £66,957 within Northern Ireland. The corresponding figures for 1993–94 are expenditure of £1,036,007 of which £107,304 was spent on promotion—£61,766 outside Northern Ireland and £45,538 within Northern Ireland.

Further information on the commission's income and expenditure is available in the commission's annual reports, copies of which are available in the Library.