§ 31. Mr. De Chairasked the Minister of Agriculture what would be the sum required on the basis of the present volume of production to supplement the current prices, or future prices already agreed upon, received by growers for agricultural products, after all existing forms of assistance have been included, by such margins as may be necessary to raise them to the following guaranteed prices: wheat 50s. per quarter, malting barley 45s., oats 24s. per quarter, beef 50s. per cwt., mutton 1s. per lb., pigs 13s. per score, potatoes £6 per ton, sugar-beet 43s. per ton, milk (12 months average) 1s. 2d. per gallon, butter 1s, 6d. per lb., eggs 2s. 6d. per dozen, fowls 4s. 6d. per head, and cheese £5 per cwt.?
§ Mr. RamsbothamThe sum required to make up, in respect of the output in England and Wales to which my hon. Friend refers, the difference between the standard prices he has suggested and current prices, or in the case of milk the 12 months average price for the current contract year, including any subsidies already in force, may, on certain broad assumptions be very roughly estimated at about £22,000,000 per annum.
§ Mr. De ChairWill the hon. Member try to secure this difference for British agriculture?
§ Mr. T. WilliamsWhat would the extra cost be if the Minister included watercress and dandelion?