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Intervention Stocks
Dr. David Clark : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list the products from intervention stores in the United Kingdom, both public and private, which have been sold to other countries outside the EC, giving the quantities and price for which they were sold.
Mr. Gummer : In the 12 months to 30 September the following products were released from intervention and aided private storage under export arrangements.
Intervention Aided private storage
|Tonnage |Price |Tonnage |Price
|£ per tonne |£ per tonne
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Beef |3,589 |<1>795-6,362|2,712 |<2>-
Barley |36,000 |<3>72.50 |- |-
<1> According to cut.
<2> Not available.
<3> Average.
Dr. David Clark : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list the quantities of (a) skimmed milk powder, (b) butter, (c) beef and (d) cereals in (i) public and (ii) private intervention in (1) the United Kingdom and (2) the EC in October 1989 and October 1990 ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Gummer : The information requested is available from the monthly notes deposited in the Library of the House.
Dr. David Clark : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how much was spent on the storage of (a) skimmed milk powder, (b) butter, (c) beef and (d) cereals in public and private intervention in the United Kingdom for the periods January to September 1989 and January to September 1990.
Mr. Gummer : The information requested is as follows :
|January to|January to
|September |September
|1989 | 1990
|£'000 |£'000
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Skimmed Milk Powder
Public storage |- |8
Aided private storage |- |-
Butter
Public storage |757 |567
Aided private storage |1,601 |836
Beef
Public storage |2,316 |1,287
Aided private storage |1,636 |1,657
Cereals
Public storage |16,491 |7,112
Aided private storage |- |-
Animal Feedstuffs
Dr. David Clark : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list the measures that cover the quality and content of animal feedstuffs ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Gummer : The quality and content of animal feedingstuffs is controlled by wide-ranging EC legislation and implemented by United Kingdom legislation. The following is the legislation for which my department is responsible.
Agriculture Act 1970 :
Feeding Stuffs Regulations 1988 as amended.
Medicines Act 1968 : (as amended by the Animal Health and Welfare Act 1984)
Medicated (Medicated Animal Feeding Stuffs)
Regulations 1989 (as amended)
Medicines (Veterinary Drugs) (Pharmacy and Merchants' List) (No. 2) Order 1989 (as amended)
Animal Health Act 1981 :
The Disease of Animals (Waste Food) Order 1973 (as amended) The Importation of Hay and Straw Order 1979
The Importation of Processed Animal Protein
Order 1981 (as amended)
The Meat (Sterilisation and Staining) Regulations 1982 (as amended)
The Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (No. 2)
Order 1988 (as amended)
The Zoonoses Order 1989
The Processed Animal Protein Order 1989
There are also voluntary codes of practice in place for the control of Salmonella in animal feedingstuffs and for the use of veterinary medicated feedingstuffs.
The metabolisable energy working party, which is sponsored by my Department, has issued guidance to farmers on energy values of ruminant feeds.
Proposals for new regulations have been issued this week which will improve the labelling and composition requirements of animal feedingstuffs.
Abattoirs
Mr. Nicholas Bennett : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will give the location and capacity of all abattoirs in the United Kingdom, indicating those which are up to European Community standard for the slaughter of animals for export.
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Mr. Maclean : I am placing in the Library of the House a current list of abattoirs in England and Wales which identifies those which are export approved. The capacity of individual abattoirs will vary according to a variety of factors, although it is estimated that approximately 43 per cent. of British meat production is accounted for by export approved abattoirs.
The Secretaries of State for Scotland and for Northern Ireland have responsibility for abattoirs in those parts of the United Kingdom.
Mr. Nicholas Bennett : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what European Community and national assistance is available to abattoir owners to bring them up to European Community standards ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Maclean : Grants for the improvement of facilities have been available in the past to abattoir owners to help them meet necessary standards. They remain available for investment projects which qualify for assistance under the regional selective assistance scheme or the regional enterprise grant scheme, both of which are administered by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry.
Agricultural Mortgage Corporation
Mr. Moss : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what conclusions he has reached following the review of the Agricultural Mortgage Corporation which he announced on 21 June ; and whether he will make a statement.
Mr. Gummer : I have considered the comments which I have received in response to my earlier announcement about the Agricultural Mortgage Corporation very carefully. I am satisfied that it would be generally beneficial to remove the present statutory restrictions on the corporation, including those on the range of financial services which it can offer. This will require legislation, which I hope to introduce at the first convenient opportunity.
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