§ 43. Mrs. Castleasked the Minister of Food the yearly average prices paid by his Department for imported eggs and bacon for the years 1951 and 1952; and what was the yearly average guaranteed price to home producers during the same period.
§ Major Lloyd GeorgeThe yearly average prices paid by my Department during the financial years 1951–52 and 1952–53 for imported eggs were approximately 3s. 4d. per dozen and 3s. 8¾d. per dozen, respectively, and for imported bacon £252 2s. 7d. per ton and £263 6s. 7d. per ton. The yearly average guaranteed prices to U.K. producers of eggs were 4s. 3¾d. per dozen for 1951–52 and 4s. 7d. per dozen for 1952–53, and to U.K. producers of bacon pigs were 53s. 4d. per score and 55s. 10d. per score, respectively.
§ 44. Mrs. Castleasked the Minister of Food the total price he paid for imported eggs and bacon for the years 1951 and 1952, respectively; and what was the total price he received for the sale of these products.
§ Major Lloyd GeorgeThe total cost of the eggs and bacon imported into the U.K. during the financial years 1951–52 and 1952–53 was: Eggs £19.3 million and £23 million, respectively, and bacon £54 million and £74.3 million. The total 3W sales proceeds in the two years were: Eggs £18 million and £20.9 respectively, and bacon £42.7 million and £76.3 million.
§ 48. Mrs. Castleasked the Minister of Food the consumer subsidy paid on eggs and bacon, respectively, for the years 1951 and 1952; and what subsidies were paid to the producers of these products in each of these two years.
§ Major Lloyd GeorgeThe subsidies on shell eggs and bacon for the financial year 1951–52 were £27 million and £446 million, respectively, and for 1952–53 are estimated at £25.4 million and £22.3 million, respectively. It is not practicable to apportion the benefit of these subsidies between consumers and producers.