§ Mr. Oramasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will state, in respect of October, 1970, or to the latest available date, the retail prices of foodstuffs in the European Economic Community and in the United Kingdom corresponding to those given in Table 7 of Command Paper Number 4289, "Britain and the European Communities—An Economic Assessment".
§ Mr. PriorThe information is given below. This has been taken from various official statistical publications, but in view of differences in quality, product definition and systems of distribution it provides only a broad indication of price relativities between countries. For 419W this reason United Kingdom price levels would not necessarily be the same as those in the Community countries if the
AVERAGE RETAIL PRICE QUOTATIONS OF CERTAIN FOODS IN EEC COUNTRIES AND THE UNITED KINGDOM, 1970 Shillings and pence per lb. Beef Pork Chickens (oven ready, for roasting) Milk (per pint) s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Belgium (October) … … 15 8 (steak) 9 5 (rib chop) 4 10 10 France (August) … … 12 7 (steak) 5 11 (rib) 4 2 10 Germany (September) … 10 5 (hind, boneless) 8 9 (chop) 3 11 11 Italy (June) … … … 12 8 (first quality) 11 7 (first quality) n.a. 1 1 Netherlands (September) … 12 5 (roasting) 9 0 (rib chop) 4 7 10 United Kingdom (October) … 9 3 (sirloin, without bone) 6 10 (loin, with bone) 4 0 1 0
Butter Cheese Sugar Bread s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Belgium (October) … … 7 11 5 11 (various types) 1 5 1 0 France (August) … … 8 2 8 7 (Emmenthal) 1 1 1 5 (average of Baguette and Parisien) Germany (September) … 7 9 9 1 (Emmenthal) 1 3 1 4 (dark, mixed) Italy (June) … … … 9 11 n.a. 1 6 1 4 Netherlands (September) … 7 8 6 2 (Gouda, matured) 1 2 1 0 (brown) United Kingdom (October) … 3 6 3 10 (Cheddar type) 9 1 0 (white) Note: n.a. = no representative quotation available.