§ 16. Mr. Morrisasked the. Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what investigation he has made regarding the dumping of eggs in this country; and what estimates he has made of its effect on British producers, and on the total amount of the estimated support for eggs in the current year.
§ Mr. SoamesMy Department was in close touch with the Board of Trade during the examination of the recent application for an anti-dumping duty on Polish and Roumanian egg imports. While it was impossible to assess the precise effect of these imports on returns to home producers, the Government concluded in the light of information from the Polish authorities regarding the future level of imports, that it could not be sufficient to justify the imposition of an anti-dumping duty, and it is unlikely that guarantee payments for eggs will be significantly affected.