§ Mr. Richard Shepherdasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will insist on a freeze in common agricultural policy prices for products in structural surplus.
§ Mr. Buchanan-SmithI refer my hon. Friend to the statement which my right hon. Friend made on 3 April on the outcome of the price fixing negotiations. Given the162W severe erosion of farm incomes in the Community over the last two years, a freeze on prices was not realistic this year, as my right hon. Friend explained in the debate on 26 March.