§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he will aim to secure satisfactory common standards of health and hygiene throughout the European Community before milk is imported from the Community to the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. Peter WalkerIt would be preferable for the Community to apply common standards for health and hygiene in order to facilitate trade. However, it has been difficult to make progress because of the different circumstance applying through the Community. As made clear in my reply on 8 February—[Vol. 36, c.323–24]—my aim is to provide for the import of ultra heat-treated milk from other member states subject to its satisfying the same health and hygiene standards on which, in the interests of public health, we insist for the production and processing of our own milk.