§ Mr. SteenTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what is his Department's estimate of the current extent of overproduction of beef in the United Kingdom. [252]
§ Mr. BaldryThe table gives figures for UK beef and veal production as a percentage of new supplies.
Thousands of tonnes Home-fed production1 Total new supply2 Home fed production as a percentage of total new supply 1993 881 885 100 1994 943 851 111 1995 996 890 112 1996 Q1 226 198 114 Q2 139 177 79 1Home-fed production includes the meat equivalent of live exports but excludes all animals slaughtered under the over-30-month scheme and the calf processing aid scheme. 2Home-fed production plus imports minus exports. Branch D, Statistics (Commodities and Food) Division, Economics and Statistics Group.