asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if, pursuant to his reply of 29 March stating that the British Intervention Board had destroyed or otherwise disposed of 161,000 tons of food or fish, he will find out from the European Economic Community Commission how much food, fish and wine was destroyed or otherwise disposed of by each of the other member States of the European Economic Community in 1981; and if he will publish the figures in the Official Report.
I have asked the Commission for the information requested, and shall reply to my hon. Friend as soon as possible.
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if, pursuant to his reply of 29 March, he will publish a table showing the total amounts of food and fish destroyed or otherwise disposed of in each of the 10 years prior to 1981.
The following table gives the figures from 1973 being the year in which the United Kingdom began to operate the common agricultural policy of the European Community:
1973
| 1974
| 1975
| 1976
| 1977
| 1978
| 1979
| 1980
| Total
| |
Breadmaking Wheat
| |||||||||
destroyed | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
otherwise disposed of | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2,220 | 2,220 |
Apples
| |||||||||
destroyed | — | — | — | 49 | — | 357 | 6,601 | 8,040 | 15,047 |
otherwise disposed of | — | — | — | 5 | — | 248 | 4,046 | 2,112 | 6,411 |
Pears
| |||||||||
destroyed | — | — | — | 23 | — | — | 2,915 | 695 | 2,193 |
otherwise disposed of | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 387 | 196 | 585 |
Tomatoes
| |||||||||
destroyed | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
otherwise disposed of | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 51 | — | 52 |
Cauliflowers
| |||||||||
destroyed | — | — | — | — | 235 | 5,976 | — | 812 | 7,023 |
otherwise disposed of | — | 6 | — | — | 170 | 122 | 1 | 477 | 776 |
Fish
| |||||||||
destroyed | — | — | 169 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 427 | 542 | 1,162 |
otherwise disposed of | — | 5,614 | 12,534 | 26,400 | 33,975 | 8,396 | 2,552 | 32,203 | 121,674 |
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will make a statement outlining the methods by which 12,636 tons of apples were destroyed in Great Britain in 1981 by the Intervention Board for Agricultural Produce or its agents; and how the board satisfied itself that the apples were actually destroyed.
In the United Kingdom, apples withdrawn from the market are ploughed in or dumped in approved refuse tips. The operations are witnessed and supervised.
asked the Minister of Agriculture Fisheries and Food if he will describe the ways in which around 50,000 tons of fish were destroyed or otherwise disposed of in 1981.
Fish withdrawn from the human consumption market in 1981 were destroyed or otherwise disposed of in the following ways:
tonnes | |
Destroyed (by dumping at sea) | 1,297 |
Otherwise disposed of as fish meal | 47,144 |
Otherwise disposed of as pet food | 901 |
Total | 49,342 |