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Dr. Roger Thomas
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will publish the latest figures available of the intervention stocks of beef in each member country of the EC; and how such figures compare with those at a comparable time one and three years ago.
Mr. MacGregor
The information requested is given in the following table:
| Stocks of beef in public intervention | |||
| 28 February 1982 | 29 February 1984 | 28 February 1985 | |
| Belgium | 8 | 3,456 | 4,474 |
| Denmark | 8,107 | 23,000 | 28,138 |
| Germany | 19,344 | 35,177 | *79,210 |
| Greece | — | 429 | — |
| France | 56,561 | 97,863 | 188,235 |
| Ireland | 29,279 | 55,445 | 85,044 |
| Italy | 8,137 | 107,628 | 153,080 |
| Luxembourg | — | — | — |
| Netherlands | 2,291 | 10,144 | 18,625 |
| United Kingdom | 6,169 | 11,228 | 49,511 |
| EC 10 | 129,896 | 344,370 | 606,317 |
| * As at 3 March 1985. | |||
Source: European Commission Working documents.