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Mr. Mudd
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what estimate he places on the effect, according to quantity and variety, of the hot summer on sales of British-produced meat.
Mr. Curry
It is not possible to isolate the effects of the hot weather from other factors affecting meat consumption. The latest figure for consumption of meat and meat products from the national food survey (which covers only domestic consumption and does not distinguish between home-produced and imported meat) covers the period from April to June 1990. The table gives the estimated average consumption per person per week for that period, for the same period in 1989, and for the first quarter of 1990.
| Ounces per person per week | |||
| Second quarter 1989 | First quarter 1989 | Second quarter 1990 | |
| Meat and meat products | 36·45 | 33·99 | 35·77 |
| of which beef and veal | 5·62 | 6·06 | 5·13 |
| mutton and lamb | 2·65 | 2·72 | 2·75 |
| pork | 3·15 | 3·21 | 3·30 |
| bacon and ham | 4·88 | 4·12 | 4·29 |
| poultry and cooked chicken | 8·00 | 7·25 | 8·88 |