HC Deb 08 June 1971 vol 818 cc294-5W
33. Sir Clive Bossom

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what price Great Britain now pays for butter imported from New Zealand, and how this compares with the price in June, 1970.

Mr. Prior

The New Zealand Dairy Board has raised the selling price of its butter in the United Kingdom market by 40 per cent. since June, 1970. On 1st June, 1970, the firsthand selling price of New Zealand bulk butter was £300 a ton, it is now £420 a ton.