§ Sir J. Rodgersasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what was the movement in the price per ton of beef for the years 1960, 1970 and the latest convenient date in 1973, taking the price in 1950 as 100.
§ Mr. Anthony StodartA series of figures showing the movements of average first hand prices per ton of beef between 1960 and 1973 are not available owing to changes in market and import price quotas, but movements in the retail price of selected cuts of beef expressed as an index between January 1950 and January 1973 are shown in the following table:
Home Killed and Imported January 1950 … … … 100 January 1960 … … … 236 January 1970 … … … 371 January 1973 … … … 661