§ [12th December]
§ AGRICULTURE (PRICE STABILISATION LEVIES)
§ Resolution reported,
§ That, if provision is made by an Act of the present Session for the maintenance of minimum price levels for imports affecting the market for agricultural or horticultural produce of descriptions produced in the United Kingdom, there may be charged on imports of any commodity to which this Resolution applies such levy as may be provided for by orders made under that Act with a view to maintaining, or to allowing for the effect of maintaining, a minimum price level for any such commodity; and there may also be charged in connection with applications for allowances or reliefs with respect to minimum price levels or levies under the Act such fees or other charges as may be provided for by or under the Act.
§ And this Resolution shall apply to commodities of any of the following descriptions, that is to say, to agricultural or horticultural produce of any description produced in the United Kingdom, to commodities of any description obtained from or by means of any commodity to which this Resolution applies, and to any substance or article of a like nature or use to any commodity to which this Resolution applies.
§ Resolution read a Second time.
§ Question, That this House doth agree with the Committee in the said Resolution, put forthwith, pursuant to Standing Order No. 90 (Ways and Means Motions and Resolutions), and agreed to.