§ Mr. Pounderasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what was the original annual contract price under the terms of the Anglo-Eire trade agreement in respect of the shipment of store cattle to Great Britain; and how much has been paid in each year since the implementation of the agreement.
§ Mr. Anthony Stodart:There is no provision under the Anglo-Irish Free Trade Area Agreement relating to annual contract prices for shipments of store cattle to Great Britain. Under the Agreement on Store Animals and Carcase Meat the United Kingdom Government agreed to pay to the Government of the Republic of Ireland sums equivalent to the annual average rate of United Kingdom deficiency payments on up to 25,000 tons of carcase beef imported into the United 283W Kingdom in each fatstock year. The amounts paid were as follows:—
£ 1966–67 (9 months July-March) 767,725 1967–68 1,249,940 1968–69 722,323 1969–70 1,006,781 1970–71 (provisional) 1,016,639 1971–72(estimate) 100,000