§ Mr. Fauldsasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when Her Majesty's Government intends to publish the Denning Report on the dependence of the Jamaican and Windward Islands economies on the growth of bananas.
§ Mr. KershawLord Denning's Report dealt with his attempt to conciliate in the dispute between the Fyffes Group Ltd.
582Wpaper interview on economic and social harmonisation were the subject of my answer to my hon. Friend the Member for Antrim, North (Rev. Ian Paisley) on 27th January, to which I have nothing to add.—[Vol. 810, c. 145–7.]
§ Mr. Moateasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, for the purposes of calculating the cost of entry to the United Kingdom, what estimates Her Majesty's Government has made of the future level of the Community Budget.
§ Mr. Anthony RoyleNo one can claim to predict with accuracy the nature and extent of budgetary developments in the Community. For the purpose of the proposals tabled in Brussels which my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster explained in his statement of 16th December, we estimated that the Community Budget in 1977 would be 4,500 million dollars compared with its current level of about 3,000 million dollars.—[Vol. 808, c. 1355.]
§ Miss Quennellasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will publish a table showing the rise or fall in food prices for 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969 and 1970, respectively, in the European Economic Community countries as a percentage, plus or minus.
§ Mr. Anthony RoyleThe information is given below. The figures are progressive and are related to a common base for the year 1966. The figures for 1970 relate to the first nine months of the year which are the latest figures available.
and the Jamaica Banana Board. The report was confidential and Her Majesty's Government have no plans to publish it.