§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether, on the same basis as was used by his Department in 1967 in publishing a figure of £175 to £250 million, he will publish for the latest convenient stated date the cost to Great Britain's balance of payments of entering the Common Market.
425W
§ Mr. HoyThe estimate of £175–250 million given in Cmnd. 3274 in May, 1967 related to the balance of payments cost of applying the E.E.C's agricultural arrangements as they then stood. Fresh estimates will be included in the general assessment which, as my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister has indicated, will be presented to the House early in the New Year.