42. Mr. Dixonasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he will now make a further statement about his willingness to operate the Common Market mechanisms for price support in the livestock sector.
§ Mr. PeartMost of the mechanisms in the livestock sector can have a useful part to play. But reliance on permanent intervention for beef has been shown to be both inadequate to give producers an assurance of reasonable returns and unacceptable for consumers.