§ 15. Mrs. FyfeTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will estimate the value, in the last year for which figures are available, of home-grown fruit and vegetables which were left unsold. [13119]
§ Mr. BoswellWe do not have information about the removal of unsaleable fruit and vegetables from the market by growers and traders. However, in the 1995–96 season, public intervention in the UK removed 8,785 tonnes of apples, pears and cauliflowers at a cost of £827,000.