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Intervention Board Stores

Volume 950: debated on Tuesday 16 May 1978

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asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what amounts of the following commodities are now held in Intervention Board stores or EEC-aided private storage in the United Kingdom, and at what addresses the principal depots containing these stores are sited: cereals, beef, butter, sugar, and skimmed milk powder.

Subject to final verification the following quantities of the commodities concerned were held by the Intervention Board for Agricultural Produce on 30th April 1978:

Barley21,233 tonnes
Beef15,540 tonnes
Butter8,468 tonnes
Skimmed milk powder59,610 tonnes
On the same date 3,366 tonnes of beef and 253 tonnes of butter were held in the United Kingdom under EEC-aided private storage arrangements.