§ Mr. Thorpeasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether 170W he will publish prices received by farmers for beef and pork for the years 1960, 1955 and 1950, respectively.
§ Mr. HoyThe average prices received by farmers in the United Kingdom for fat cattle and fat pigs in the financial years 1950–51, 1955–56 and 1960–61 were as follows:
Financial Year Fat cattle (per cwt. liveweight) Fat pigs (per score deadweight) s. d. s. d. 1950–51— Schedule price 106 8 48 2 1955–56— Market price 146 1 38 3 Deficiency payment 10 12 11 Quality premium — 4 TOTAL 146 11 51 6 1960–61— Market price 142 9 39 4¾ Deficiency payment 13 11 5 8¼ Quality premium — 7 TOTAL 156 8 45 8 Note: In 1950–51 fatstock were purchased by the Ministry of Food according to a schedule of prices, so the prices quoted for that year are not directly comparable with the prices for the later years. The prices for the later years relate solely to clean animals, whereas those for 1950–51 are the estimated averages for steers, heifers and cow heifers, and clean pigs published in the White Paper on the 1951 Price Review.