§ Mr. Woofasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will publish a table from sources available to him, showing the average retail price of milk in member countries of the EEC; and how this compares with the United Kingdom over the past three years, to the latest convenient date.
§ Mr. BishopThe average retail prices given below for member States of the EEC have been converted to sterling at average monthly market rates of exchange. Owing to differences in milk quality and form of presentation as between countries, the figures can provide only a general indication of relative prices. The percentage price increases since January 1973 have been calculated from average prices expressed in national currencies.
growth in canned beef stocks; what is the amount of the United Kingdom contribution to this stockpile; and what steps he proposes to take to alter this situation.
§ Mr. BishopThe amount of canned beef held in EEC intervention stores at 467W the end of February 1976 was 71,000 metric tons or about 31 per cent. of the total stocks of intervention beef. The scheme under which this canned beef was produced ended on 23rd May 1975 and thus the stock is not increasing. None of the beef held by the United Kingdom Intervention Board is canned. Canned beef from EEC stocks is currently being sold under the Community's jumelage arrangement.