Wool Marketing Board

HC Deb 19 March 1981 vol 1 cc154-5W

41. Sir Albert Costain

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what level of support he plans to give to the British Wool Marketing Board in the current year.

Mr. Buchanan-Smith

I am at present considering the level of the guaranteed price for wool in 1981.

43. Mr. Speller

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what tonnage of sheepmeat has been exported to the European Economic Community between 20 October 1980 and 28 February 1981; and what was the figure for the corresponding period in the previous year.

Mr. Buchanan-Smith

Figures are available only on a monthly basis and only up to January 1981. From 1 November 1980 to 31 January 1981 the United Kingdom exported 10,511 tonnes of sheepmeat to the European Community, compared with 10,635 tonnes in the corresponding period in the previous year.