§ 46. Mr. William Edwardsasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will name the representative markets in Wales where his officials take note of store prices when calculating the effect of Irish cattle on market prices.
§ Mr. HoyAbergele, Carmarthen, Llangefni, Newport, (Monmouthshire) and Welshpool auction markets are the Welsh markets contributing to our calculation of the average prices of homebred and Irish store cattle.
§ 47. Mr. William Edwardsasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will give the average prices reported to him as having been received for store cattle in West Wales markets for the first six months of 1967 compared with the comparable period in 1966.
§ Mr. HoyFor first quality 18 month old beef and beef/dairy cross steers, about £64 13s. this year compared with £68 5s. for 1966.