§ Mr. Leeasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many instances have been brought to his attention of the sale at less than economic 585W prices of portions of Common Market intervention stocks where the commodities so sold have been subsequently resold into the Community; in how many cases such stocks were of United Kingdom origin; what steps he is taking to prevent recurrence of such activity; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. BishopI do not know of any cases were it has yet been proved that stocks sold on to third country markets with the aid of subsidies have subsequently been reimported into the EEC without the imposition of the usual import levies. The European Commission is inquiring into the allegation about the reimportation of EEC butter into Italy, and we await the results of that inquiry.