§ 40. Sir G. Nabarroasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, having regard to the reception by the farming industry of the Annual Price Review, March, 1971, what increase in output of farm products may be anticipated in 1971–72, aggregate ad valorem and percentum-wise among principal review commodities.
§ Mr. Anthony StodartI cannot make the kind of precise prognostications for which my hon. Friend has such a reputation. The level of guaranteed prices is but one of the factors leading to changes in output, and the effects of price changes are not computable in isolation. The recent determinations were, however, formulated to re-establish the industry's confidence and to re-create a resurgence of expansion in the years ahead.