Agricultural Price Reviews (Departmental Estimates)

HC Deb 31 March 1955 vol 539 cc60-1W

Mr. Bullard

asked the Minister of Food how far his Department's Estimates, which have just been published, take into account the changes arising from the special and annual agricultural Price Reviews recently concluded.

Mr. Amory

These changes will be dealt with as necessary by Supplementary Estimate at a later date. For the information of the House, however, under Class VIII, Vote 10, the additional cost of the price guarantees on the basis of the original Estimate is about £7 million. This does not take into account the increases in the guarantees agreed at the Annual Review on cereals, potatoes and sugar beet, which apply to the 1956 harvest.