§ Mr. Waltersasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (1) from information available from international sources, what was the average grubbing
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§ Mr. PriorInformation on the average prices of carrots is not available for the European Economic Community as a whole or for Belgium, Luxembourg, Italy or West Germany. Certain average monthly wholesale prices are available for France and the Netherlands in 1969. These are as follows:
average producer return from sheep, expressed in pence per pound estimated dressed carcass weight, in Germany, France, Holland, Belgium, Luxembourg and Italy during 1970 or the most recent 12 months for which figures are available; and how this compares with the United Kingdom figure.
§ Mr. PriorPublished information on producer returns for sheep in the European Economic Community is available only for Germany and France. These prices and United Kingdom average market prices are shown in the table below.
grant payable per acre in the European Economic Community during 1970 or the most recent 12 months for which figures are available; and how this compares with the average grant in the United Kingdom;
207W(2) from information available from international sources, what was the average grubbing grant payable per acre in West Germany, France, Luxembourg, Holland, Belgium and Italy during 1970 or the most recent 12 months for which figures are available; and what is the comparable figure for the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. Anthony StodartEuropean Economic Community Regulations provide for a grant of up to 800 units of account per hectare—equivalent to £134 per acre—on the grubbing up of orchards of apples, pears and peaches. Information on the average grant per acre actually paid is not however available, either for the Community as a whole or for the individual member-States. In the United Kingdom grants are available under the Farm Capital Grant Scheme—present rate 40 per cent.—and the Horticulture Improvement Scheme—present rate 35 per cent.—on the grubbing up of orchards of all kinds of fruit. The grants are not related to acreage but to the grubbing costs, which vary widely according to the size of tree and the density of planting.