§ Mr. Richard Shepherdasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will bring up to date the answer of 8 July 1980, Official Report, c. 139, on the difference between the cost to United Kingdom consumers of buying foodstuffs at current prices and the cost to them of buying such foodstuffs at third country offer prices, as used in the computation of European Economic Community levels.
§ Mr. Peter WalkerEstimates of this kind can hardly represent the difference in cost to United Kingdom consumers given that so many factors would be affected, including possibly the price of imports, in the hypothetical situation envisaged.