§ 18. Mr. Allan Stewartasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what effect the European Economic Community Commission's proposals for a co-responsibility levy will have on United Kingdom milk producers.
§ Mr. Peter WalkerThe Commission has proposed that the basic co-responsibility levy should remain unchanged, except that it has proposed that a 6 per cent. levy should apply to milk from farms using intensive production methods. I find this proposal totally unacceptable. It would discriminate against producers in the United Kingdom and I will not agree to it.
§ Mr. StewartI am most grateful to my right hon. Friend for that reply. In looking to the future, will he ensure that any co-responsibility levy will not militate against milk that our producers have to sell for manufacture because of imports of liquid milk from other countries in the EEC?
§ Mr. WalkerYes.