HC Deb 22 February 1971 vol 812 cc55-6W
128. Mr. Chichester-Clark

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what plans he has to stimulate the manufacture of milk products in Northern Ireland.

Mr. Anthony Stodart

Over the last four years the quantity of milk used for manufacture in Northern Ireland has increased by 26 per cent., and the Northern Ireland milk products industry remains capable of dealing with all ex-farm supplies available to it. The rise in prices for butter and cheese in recent months, and the proposed minimum import price scheme for other milk products, offer the prospect of a relatively firm market for the industry's output.