§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, further to his written reply dated 5 March, Official Report, c. 273–4, concerning the table on page xi of the Second Report of the Select Committee of the European Communities HL 29 Session 371W 1981–82, on agricultural trade policy, whether he will provide an estimate in each case based on the change in unit values of agricultural exports, the change in the price of the principal products in each case, or any other convenient deflator.
§ Mr. Buchanan-SmithThere is no suitable deflator which accurately reflects the movements in the price of European Community food exports to and imports from the country groups shown in the table referred to.