§ Mr. David Priceasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, in view of the fact that recent increases in minimum lending rate have ensured that farmers cannot borrow below a minimum of 20 per cent. a year and that farmers produce and trade in a managed market, if he will take steps to enable farmers to borrow working capital at preferential rates.
§ Mr. Peter WalkerNo. It would not be possible to isolate subsidised credit to one section of the economy.322W the numbers of fat sheep marketed in the United Kingdom, month by month, for the first 10 months of the current year compared with 1978:
(2) what has been the average market price for sheepmeat, month by month, for the first 10 months of the current year compared with 1978.
§ Mr. Buchanan-SmithThe information requested is as follows: