§ Mr. Biffenasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what has been the trend in United Kingdom imports, production, consumption and stocks of cheese over the most recently available six-month period.
§ Mr. BuchanFigures for the period July-December 1973 and for the corresponding periods in 1971 and 1972 are given below:
§ Mr. MoyleNone. Under powers conferred by the Council of Ministers the Commission collects information about imports of certain fruits and vegetables and in specified circumstances is required to introduce a countervailing charge. Under these arrangements the following charges have been imposed since 1st March 1974.
priced produce from East European countries; and whether he will make a statement on his policy on this matter
§ Mr. MoyleThe Community's market organisation for fresh fruit and vegetables includes safeguard measures to protect 475W growers from abnormally priced imports. We have no present proposals to strengthen those measures.