HC Deb 05 August 1976 vol 916 cc907-8W
10. Mr. Lawrence

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will make a statement of his policy for the dairy industry.

In the United Kingdom … ... 168.16 ua/100 kg. for … … Butter of 80 per cent. fat
172.36 Butter of 82 per cent. fat
In Ireland … … 205.22 ua/100 kg. for … … Butter of 80 per cent. fat
210.35 Butter of 82 per cent. fat
In the rest of the Community … … 218.08 ua/100kg. for … … Butter of 82 per cent. fat

Expressed in terms of pence per lb., using the present United Kingdom repre-

In the United Kingdom … … 43.4 p/lb. for … … … Butter of 80 per cent. fat
44.5 Butter of 82 per cent. fat
In Ireland … … 53.0 p/lb. for … … … Butter of 80 per cent. fat
54.3 Butter of 82 per cent. fat
In the rest of the Community … … 56.3 p/lb. for … … … Butter of 82 per cent. fat

It is not possible to quote minimum intervention prices for Cheddar cheese because only in Italy is cheese—of certain

Mr. Bishop

Government policy towards domestic agriculture was set out in the White Paper "Food From Our Own Resources" (Cmnd 6020). This indicated that priority should be given to the development of economic milk production in the United Kingdom and Government policy has been directed to this end. We are confident that the measures taken following this year's annual review provide the United Kingdom dairy industry with a sound base for efficient expansion.