§ Mr. Buchanan-Smithasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what is the estimated saving of deficiency payments on meat, as a result of the ban on imports of meat from countries where foot-and-mouth disease is endemic.
§ Mr. Peart:The recent high average market prices, particularly on cattle, are due to a variety of factors. I cannot isolate the effects of the suspension of imports alone on supplies and prices, nor on the consequential saving on fatstock guarantee payments during this period.