HC Deb 13 March 1968 vol 760 cc321-2W
Lord Hamilton

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, whether he will give an assurance that the Government will not raise the cost of important

Animals slaughtered
Number of outbreaks Cattle Sheep Pigs Virus types
1952 … … 495 32,000 32,000 11,000 A — O
1953 … … 40 1,000 5,000 1,000 A C O
1954 … … 12 500 400 400 A C O
1955 … … 9 700 700 200 — C O
1956 … … 162 11,000 13,000 5,000 A C O
1957 … … 184 11,000 13,000 6,000 A — O
1958 … … 116 10,000 2,000 8,000 A C O
1959 … … 45 2,000 2,000 3,000 A C O
1960 … … 298 26,000 32,000 12,000 A C O SAT 2
1961 … … 103 7,000 10,000 8,000 A C O
1962 … … 5 400 300 300 A — O
1963 … … — — — — — — —
1964 … … — — — — — — —
1965 … … 1 200 — — — C —
1966 … … 34 6,000 39,000 700 A — O
1967 … … 2,210 192,000 89,000 109,000 — — O

ported feeding stuffs through the increase of minimum import prices.

Mr. Peart

The general level of world market prices for cereals rose in sterling terms as a result of devaluation and a consequential increase in the minimum import prices is at present under discussion with our main overseas suppliers of cereals. It is not the Government's intention, however, that the minimum prices should be set any higher in relation to the general level of market prices than they were before devaluation.