§ Mr. Deakinsasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what is the quantity and value of United Kingdom annual trade in New York-dressed poultry; and if he will make a statement about progress of discussions on the draft EEC directive on this trade.
§ Mr. Anthony StodartSeparate figures are not collected on this trade, but it is estimated that consumers' expenditure on New York-dressed poultry in 1972 was about £55 million. Its volume is estimated at about 120,000 tons.
24WThe directive concerned is not in draft. It was agreed before we joined the Community and is now in operation for intra-Community trade. It will apply to domestic trade from February 1976. We have raised the problem of New York-dressed poultry trade in Brussels and we shall be following it up.