§ Mr. Buchanan-Smithasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he is satisfied with the present level of returns to beef producers; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. BuchanWe were concerned earlier this year about the fall in fat cattle prices, and to safeguard the interests of home beef producers my right hon. Friend the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, announced in the House on 26th July that the system of abatements and supplements on fat cattle would be substantially modified.—[Vol. 751, c. 716–17.]