§ Mr. Martenasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what food subsidies were on individual items in December 1972.
§ Mr. BishopThere were no food subsidies as such in December 1972. However, the price of certain products benefited from Exchequer payments related to trading in the financial year 1972–73 as a whole. These included milk through the Milk Fund, and sugar through stabilisation of the ex-refinery price. The amount per unit of produce represented by these payments was small.