§ Mr. Deakinsasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will take steps to ensure a levy-free lard quota for the United Kingdom within the E.E.C.
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§ Mrs. FennerI have been asked to reply.
I have nothing to add to my reply to the hon. Member for Glasgow Gorbals, (Mr. McElhone) and others on 16th March.
§ Mr. Deakinsasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what action has been taken by the Government to protect the interests of the United Kingdom lard from unfair foreign competition.
§ Mrs. FennerI have been asked to reply.
The special transitional compensatory amounts for lard mean that United Kingdom lard importers, packers and refiners are having to pay only a relatively low charge on their main raw material imports from outside the EEC. The compensatory amounts payable on lard exports to the United Kingdom from other members of the EEC apply to lard which United Kingdom interests can buy there for further processing and packeting in the United Kingdom as well as to other lard.