§ Mr. Martenasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what is the total cost to Great Britain of the recent sale of 200,000 tons of Community butter to Russia.
§ Mr. Anthony StodartThe precise total has still to be determined. Our share will be limited to a ceiling of 8¾ per cent. for 1973.
§ Mr. Martenasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether the British representatives on the Management Committee who abstained from vot- 128W ing on the issue of selling butter to the Russians were acting under direct Government instructions.
§ Mr. Anthony StodartYes.
Mr. Bittenasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how each of the national delegates voted on the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products which advised the Common Market Commission on the dumped sales of butter to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
§ Mr. Anthony StodartThe Commission does not disclose how each delegation votes. I have already made clear that the United Kingdom abstained.