HC Deb 16 February 1966 vol 724 cc247-8W
78. Mr. Prior

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food by what criteria he will decide that housewives are preferring home-produced to imported bacon and thus enable him to increase the United Kingdom share of the bacon market; and what factors he will take into account in reaching this conclusion.

Mr. Peart

Within the terms of the Bacon Market Sharing Understanding, we can claim a larger share only by producing clear evidence of a significant change in market conditions in favour of United Kingdom bacon compared with imported supplies. Account would have to be taken of the industry's performance relative to our current share, and of the prices distributors were prepared to pay for supplies of bacon from various sources.