§ Mr. Richard Shepherdasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food from what countries and for what commodities the United Kingdom is unable to secure its current imports at third country offer prices.
§ Mr. Buchanan-SmithI assume that my hon. Friend has in mind the minimum offer prices on which the European Community Commission bases its calculation of variable levies. It seems unlikely that the United Kingdom could obtain from any particular country a significant quantity of imports of the main traded commodities at these prices.