HC Deb 04 July 1978 vol 953 cc120-1W
Mr. Warren

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will arrange for an inquiry into the repeated recent cases of damage to the nets of in-short fishermen working off the Sussex coast by beam trawlers; and if he will take action to prevent this.

Mr. Bishop

A full inspection into a number of cases of damage caused by beam trawlers to the nets of inshore trammel net fishermen operating off the Sussex coast was carried out in mid-May. As a result of this a voluntary agreement was reached between those concerned defining the areas in which trammel netsmen and beam trawlers would work. The operation of this agreement is to be reviewed in the light of recent allegations of further damage.

Officials of my Department will continue to do whatever they can to promote the success of voluntary agreements such as this in overcoming local conflicts of interest.

Common Levy* M.C.A. Net Import Levy
Item and CCT No. £/MT P./LB £/MT P./LB £/MT P./LB
Common Wheat (10.01A) 73.486 3.37 30.544 1.38 42.942 1.99
Barley (10.03) 67.867 3.08 27.046 1.23 40.821 1.85
Maize (10.05B) 65.212 2.96 26.589 1.21 38.623 1.75
White Sugar (17.01A) 221.245 10.05 77.940 3.54 143.305 6.51
Butter 82–84 per cent Fat Content (04.03A)† 1,536.069 69.74 417.090 18.54 1,118.979 51.20
Cheddar Cheese(04.04EIb1bb)† 1,374.407 62.40 328.780 14.93 1,045.627 47.47
Skimmed Milk Powder (04.02AIIb1) 708.942 32.19 169.480 7.69 539.462 24.50
Boneless Frozen Meat (02.01 AIIb4bb33) 1,771.634 80.43 381.380 17.31 1,390.254 63.12
Lard (15.01AII)¶ 98.312 4.46 57.850 2.63 40.462 1.83
Pigmeat Carcases (02.01 AIIIa1) ঠ307.181 13.95 180.780 8.21 126.401 5.74
Salted Bacon Sides (02.06BIa2aa)¶ 414.739 18.83 244.060 11.08 170.679 7.75
Eggs (04.05 AIb)§ 401.244 18.22 68.350 3.10 332.894 15.12
Poultrymeat 70 per cent. Chickens (02.02AIb)|| 185.196 8.41 58.400 2.65 126.796 5.76
* Conversion from units of account into sterling has been by means of the following representative rates and multiplying by the associated monetary co-efficient:

Milk Products £1=1.57678 UA monetary co-efficient 1.279
Beef and Pigmeat
Cereals £1=1.70463 UA monetary co-efficient 1.384
Sugar
Eggs
Poultry meat
† There are special rates for New Zealand butter and cheese.
‡ Does not include a supplementary levy of £31.71/MT which at present applies to imports from the German Democratic Republic and Finland only.
§ Includes a supplementary levy of £146.659/MT—applicable on imports from certain countries of origin. Regulations provide for supplementary levies to operate in this sector when average Free-at-Frontier offer prices fall below Sluice-Gate prices.
|| Does not include a supplementary levy of £87.996/MT which at present applies to imports from Spain and Czechoslovakia only.
¶ The intervention price upon which pigmeat MCAs are based has been reduced from 85 per cent, to 78 per cent, of the basic price with effect from 3rd July 1978. They then become:

CCT No. MCA (£/MT)
15 01 AII … … 53.090
02.01AIIIal … … 165.890
02.06BIa2aa … … 223.960