§ 25. Mr. Thomas Coxasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what percentage increase in food prices would take place, should the price of food as existing at present in European Economic Community countries be introduced in the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. PriorI would refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave him on 27th November and to my reply to the hon. Member for East Ham, South (Mr. Oram)70W on 2nd December.—[Vol. 807, c. 225, 418–20.]
§ 26. Mr. Brewisasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he has assessed the benefits to food manufacturers of the progressive removal of tariff barriers within a Community of Ten.
§ Mr. Anthony StodartOur food manufacturers should gain by the removal of tariff barriers since duties on manufactured foods are in general higher in the other countries than in ours.
§ 50. Mr. Wallasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what recent discussions he has had with the British fishing industry about the effect on the industry should Great Britain join the European Economic Community.
§ 52. Mr. Wallasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what recent representations he has had from representatives of the inshore fishing industry about the effect of Great Britain joining the European Economic Community.
§ Mr. PriorI have recently received a memorandum from the Fisheries Organisation Society which represents inshore fishermen in England and Wales.
§ Mr. Strangasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he has studied the official representations of the United States Government on the consequences of the proposed increases in the European Economic Community farm prices for 1971–72; and to what extent this assessment coincides with his own.
§ Mr. PriorRepresentations by the United States Government to the European Economic Community are a matter for the two parties concerned and not for the United Kingdom.