§ Mr. Geraint Howellsasked the Minister of Agriculture. Fisheries and Food if he is satisfied with the state of the smallholdings under the jurisdiction of the Land Settlement Association; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Peter WalkerI refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave to him on 17 November.—[Vol. 32, c.196–7.]
United Kingdom and EEC Market Prices (as at the end of October) £** Commodity Germany France Italy Netherlands Belgium Luxembourg Ireland Denmark Greece United Kingdom Common Wheat▪per tonne breadmaking quality 123.1 105.7 113.2 118.3 106.8 # N/A 107.9 108.5 119.3 Barley▪ per tonne 109.6 98.4 111.7 112.4 98.0 # 99.2 97.4 96.8 107.4 * † ‡ ║ ¶ ║ ║ ║ • Milk: (a) raw milk 100kg 1.36 1.21 1.65 1.42 1.07 1.13 1.10 1.51 N/A 1.38 Beef (b)▪ per kg liveweight 0.93 0.88 0.92 0.85 0.89 0.91 0.74 0.75 1.00 0.90 Lamb (b)*per kg deadweight 2.07 1.97 2.29 1.99 2.01 — 1.79 1.47 3.16 1.34 Footnotes:
* June 1982.
† May 1982.
‡ February 1982.
║July 1982.
¶ April 1982.
• August 1982.
▪ Week ending 28 October 1982.
* Week ending 24 October 1982.
# No separate price reporting for Luxembourg (prices included in Belgian price).
** Converted to £ from national currencies at the market rate of exchange.
Source:
(a) European Communities (Eurostat), Luxembourg.
(b) EC Commission.