§ Mr. Wm. Rossasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many potatoes for human consumption have been imported into the United Kingdom in each of the last six weeks; from which countries they have come; what are his projections for the next four weeks; and how these tonnages compare with last year and with 1978.
§ Mr. Buchanan-SmithThe Potato Marketing Board's estimates of United Kingdom imports of raw potatoes for the last six weeks are as follows:
production or transport were subsidised by the Governments of the countries in which the potatoes were grown have been imported into the United Kingdom for human consumption in the last four weeks.
§ Mr. Buchanan-SmithI have no evidence that export subsidies have been paid on imported potatoes other than those from Spain and Greece, the import of which was prohibited with effect from midnight on 9 June. The Greek subsidies were terminated on 13 June and the prohibition on Greek potatoes has now been lifted.