§ Mr. Blakerasked the Secretary of State for Prices and Consumer Protection whether food prices would be higher or lower than they now are if the United Kingdom were outside the EEC; and by how much.
§ Mr. MaclennanFood prices in the United Kingdom are now estimated to be very slightly lower than they would have been if the United Kingdom had remained outside the EEC. It would be misleading to quote a precise figure. The further we move from the date of entry the harder it is to calculate what food prices would have been.