§ 14. Mr. Crouchasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will make a statement on the Farm Price Review.
§ Mr. CrouchIs my right hon. Friend aware that the agricultural community is looking forward to a fair settlement this year, and that the consumers are most anxious that there should be a continued supply of fresh food from our own farms which can be bought at a price to give the producer a fair return for his capital and labour?
Mr. AmoryAlthough I am sure that what my hon. Friend says is right, I would ask him to contain himself in patience for a few days, and to remember the words of Robert Louis Stevenson that:
To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive…