§ 30. Mr. Stodartasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will state the support price for suitable ware potatoes of the 1959 crop, and also the average price realised for ware potatoes, grown in Scotland during 1959, which have been marketed between 27th September, 1959, and the present date.
§ Mr. MaclayThe guaranteed price for eligible potatoes of the 1959 crop in the United Kingdom is £12 14s. per ton. It is provisionally estimated that the average price realised by Scottish growers for the period 27th September, 1959, to 30th January, 1960, is about £10 2s. per ton.