§ Mr. Georgeasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will announce the annual review award for sheep and wool.
§ Mr. John SilkinIn the absence of a Common Market regime for sheepmeat, the Government are continuing the fat sheep guarantee.
Following the annual review of agriculture 1978, it has therefore been decided that the guaranteed price for fat sheep should be increased to 127p per kg as from 27th March 1978. The guaranteed price has, as in previous years, been converted into a scale of weekly standard prices which will be published today The guaranteed price for wool will remain unchanged at 110p per kg for the marketing year beginning 1st May 1978.