§ Mr. Jayasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what was the price at the most recent date available in £ sterling per live cwt of light steers in the United Kingdom and the rest of the EEC, respectively.
§ Mr. BishopThere is no single light steer price for the United Kingdom as a whole, and information about steer prices generally in the rest of the EEC is only available to my Department for certain member States. Differences in national classification systems make accurate comparison difficult, and the relationship between prices in different countries varies 215W from week to week. With these qualifications the available information relating to steers sold in the week ending 6th January 1976 in the United Kingdom and 10th January in the remaining countries is as follows:
(£ per live cwt)* United Kingdom … 23.09–24.04 Belgium … 35.03 W. Germany … 37.75 France … 42.27 Irish Republic … 24.45 * Prices are converted at the market rates of exchange.