§ 15. Sir Peter Millsasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what effect the recent agreement on agriculture support prices and other matters will have on feed prices to the pig and poultry producers.
§ Mr. MacGregorThe price of feed is, of course, affected by a wide range of factors. But, as one of these, the agreement reached by the Council of Ministers on 30 and 31 March is likely in itself to have a small downward effect on grain prices. In addition, Ministers agreed that subsidy should be payable on concentrated skimmed milk fed to pigs on terms similar to those affecting liquid skimmed milk at present. The Commission is expected to come forward shortly with detailed rules for the implementation of this scheme.