§ Mr. William Rossasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what percentage of the European Economic Community target price for milk was reached in each of the European Economic Community states and by each United Kingdom marketing board in each of the years 1980, 1981 and 1982.
§ Mr. Buchanan-Smith[pursuant to his reply 7 December 1982, c. 462]: The information requested for 1980 and 1981 is set out below, but, as indicated in the footnotes, not all the figures are strictly comparable. Information for 1982 is not yet available.
Producer Milk Prices (a) in EEC member States, expressed as a percentage of the target price (b) 1980 1981 Belgium 90.8 89.6 Denmark 99.7 98.8 France 95.2 92.5 Germany 95.6 93.4 Greece N/A N/A Irish Republic (c) (d) 79.7 83.8 Italy (c) 122.9 120.4 Luxembourg 89.4 84.1 Netherlands 98.1 95.7 United Kingdom (c) (e)—England and Wales 94.3 93.7 —Scotland 99.9 103.1 —Aberdeen and District 103.9 102.3 —North of Scotland 101.1 103.3 —Northern Ireland (f) 86.5 87.3 Footnotes (a) producer prices in member States were ex-farm prices, for milk with 3.7 per cent. butter fat, excluding VAT. (b) average annual price fixed by the Council, less average transport costs, as estimated by the Milk Marketing Board for England and Wales. (c) milk of natural fat content. (d) prices for milk for manufacture. (e) prices relate to the areas covered by the Milk Marketing Board. (f) these figures are lower than those for earlier years reflecting the termination of Milk Aid in Northern Ireland. Sources:
(1) Figures for other member States are taken from "EEC Dairy Facts and Figures, 1982" published by the Milk Marketing Board for England and Wales.
(2) Figures for the United Kingdom Marketing Board areas were supplied by the Boards in question.