§ Mr. William Hamiltonasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what evidence he has received in the last month of a slowing down of the rise in food prices.
Mr. Prior: I would refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave on 20th June to the hon. Member for Wolverhampton, North-East (Mrs. Renée Short) and to my hon. and gallant Friend the Member for Ripon (Colonel Sir M. Stoddart-Scott).—[Vol. 839, c. 43–44.]
§ Mr. Elystan Morganasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what 224W is the average price of bread in mid-Wales; and what is the comparable figure for the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. PriorThe information available suggests that the average price of bread in Wales as a whole is not significantly different from that for the United Kingdom as a whole. I have no separate statistical data relating to mid-Wales, although I am aware that the major bakery firms impose a transport surcharge of ½p a loaf on sales in the west coast counties of Wales.