§ 61. Mr. Hurdasked the Minister of Agriculture to what extent the subsidies paid on the nitrogen and phosphate content of fertilisers have resulted in lower prices for fertilisers being charged to farmers in the United Kingdom, compared with prices in Denmark, Sweden, Holland, and Germany, as disclosed in the recent Organisation for European Economic Co-operation Report.
Mr. AmoryThe subsidy on nitrogen and phosphates enables farmers in this country to obtain these fertilisers at net costs which are lower than in the countries mentioned by my hon. Friend. Accurate price comparisons are difficult but, in general terms, the unsubsidised prices of nitrogenous fertilisers are lower in this country and those of phosphatic fertilisers are in some cases rather higher.