§ Mr. Wattasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what is his current estimate of EEC prices and world prices, respectively, for the following commodities, wheat, butter, sugar, beef, lamb and pigmeat.
§ Mr. Bishop:As far as possible, the information requested is given in the table below. There is no EEC regime for lamb. The term EEC prices has been interpreted to mean the intervention price. The world or third country offer prices are those implied by the EEC Commission's calculation of common import levies on 29th November 1978. These prices are often for small, unrepresentative lots offered at EEC frontiers and do not represent prices at which substantial quantities could be purchased on world markets.