HC Deb 19 December 1983 vol 51 cc82-3W
Mr. Austin Mitchell

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he will publish in the Official Report a table showing the difference in each of the past three years and the current year to date, between the support price for sheepmeat and the market price; and if he will estimate the effect on the quantity of sheepmeat consumed if the market price were raised to the support level.

Mr. MacGregor

The European Community and the United State of America take a wide range of measures which affect the level of agricultural production. The precise effects of individual measures on levels of production are difficult to assess because of the number of factors involved.