§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he will publish in the Official Report a table showing the United Kingdom price of rape seed, the world price, and the amount of the United Kingdom subsidy per tonne, together with the corresponding figure for oil and the ratio of seed to oil production.
§ Mr. MacGregorCurrent prices and rates are:
£ per tonne United Kingdom market price of rapeseed, delivered mill 270 to 280 World market price of rapeseed, cif European ports* 151 Rate of subsidy payable in the United Kingdom 147.40 World market price of rapeseed oil, ex mill Europe about 265 For seed of 40 per cent oil content, the ratio of seed to oil production is 2.5: 1. *.This is the world price determined by the European Commission for the purpose of calculating the subsidy.