§ Mr. Peter Millsasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will take steps to increase the price for milk for manufacture.
§ Mr. Hoy:The increase in the guaranteed price of milk at the Annual Review applies to a considerable quantity of milk for manufacture which falls within the standard quantity. For the rest, butter prices are maintained by import quotas, which for 1970–71 are the second lowest since 1963–64. Cheese prices are stabilised by restaint of supplies from overseas to an agreed quantity which for 1970–71 will be slightly lower than the average of the quantities agreed for the last two years.