HC Deb 20 May 1969 vol 784 c59W
66. Mr. Tilney

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what is the estimated saving to the United Kingdom's balance of payments by the production of British wine rather than the import of a similar amount of wine from overseas.

Mr. Hoy

If we drank only home-produced wine, the estimated saving would be about £35 million after making allowance for the imported material used in the production of British wine. But the comparison is not a good one. There are well-known reasons of taste why these products are only interchangeable to a limited extent.