§ Q6. Mr. Deakinsasked the Prime Minister if in his forthcoming discussions with the Danish Prime Minister he will seek to reach an agreement on a mutually balanced phasing out of aid, both direct and indirect, to the respective bacon curing industries.
§ The Prime MinisterThis will be a matter for discussion with the Community and other interested acceding countries over the next few months: it is not a subject for purely bilateral agreements.
§ Mr. DeakinsDoes not the Prime Minister realise that the unilateral removal of support for the bacon-curing industry in this country would result in a big increase in imports of bacon and would rob the pig industry of the opportunities for expansion which were promised in the Government's White Paper?
§ The Prime MinisterI know the hon. Gentleman's keen interest in this, but it is a matter which will have to be dealt with by the Community. The Community has recognised that continued stability is necessary under conditions of fair competition. I appreciate the importance of the bacon stabilisation scheme, but this will now have to be dealt with by the acceding and existing members of the Community.