asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will publish the months' figures of MCA payments and prepayments made by the British Intervention Board on the movement of beef and veal between September 1973 and December 1974 between the United Kingdom and other countries of the EEC.
The monthly figures of MCA payments by the Intervention Board on trade in beef and veal between the United Kingdom and other countries of the EEC between September 1973 and December 1974 are as follows:
| Import Refunds | Export Refunds¼ | |
| £ | £ | |
| 1973— | ||
| September | 1,073,374* | 11,254 |
| October | 16,494 | |
| November | 56,973 | |
| December | 61,732 | |
| 1974— | ||
| January | 218,452† | 55,495 |
| February | 18,263 | |
| March | 105,109 | 1,625 |
| April | 156,289 | 3,524 |
| May | 624,074 | — |
| June | 843,347 | — |
| July | 956,494 | — |
| August | 738,255 | — |
| September | 650,627 | 3,481 |
| October | 720,156 | 18,305 |
| November | 446,208 | — |
| December | 772,262 | — |
| * A monthly detailed breakdown is not available. The figure given is of payments made between 1st July 1973 and 31st December 1973. | ||
| † The detailed breakdown is not available The figure given is of payments made during January and February 1974. | ||
| ‡ Payments of export refunds made in the period September 1973 to April 1974 and in September and October 1974 relate to Italian import MCAs paid by the Intervention Board to the United Kinqdom exporter. | ||
asked the Minister of Agriculture. Fisheries and Food if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing the monthly quantities in tons beef and veal imported by the United Kingdom from the other countries of the EEC between September 1973 and December 1974.
The information required is as follows:
| (tons) | |
| September 1973 | 5,558 |
| October 1973 | 9,862 |
| November1973 | 11,887 |
| December 1973 | 9,437 |
| January 1974 | 10,024 |
| February 1974 | 9,413 |
| March 1974 | 8,216 |
| April 1974 | 11,231 |
| May 1974 | 16,164 |
| June 1974 | 16,050 |
| July 1974 | 16,171 |
| August 1974 | 15,867 |
| September 1974 | 18,748 |
| October 1974 | 21,972 |
| November 1974 | 18,029 |
| December 1974 | 17,799 |
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing the monthly quantities in tons of beef and veal imported from the United Kingdom by the other countries of the EEC from September 1973 to December 1974.
The information required is as follows:
| (tons) | |
| September 1973 | 5,975 |
| October 1973 | 5,816 |
| November 1973 | 4,739 |
| December 1973 | 3,670 |
| January 1974 | 4,088 |
| February 1974 | 4,448 |
| March 1974 | 4,794 |
| April 1974 | 2,632 |
| May 1974 | 2,341 |
| June 1974 | 2,540 |
| July 1974 | 3,549 |
| August 1974 | 4,515 |
| September 1974 | 4,842 |
| October 1974 | 6,245 |
| November 1974 | 6,850 |
| December 1974 | 9,854 |