§ Mr. Deakinsasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, pursuant to his answer of 3 March, Official Report, c. 186, if it is the policy of Her Majesty's Government in the current common agricultural policy price negotiations to agree milk prices which do not reduce producers' returns.
§ Mr. Buchanan-SmithWe shall continue to press at this year's price fixing for the abolition of the co-responsibility levy and for more effective measures for tackling the problem of surplus milk production in the Community, notably price restraint. The impact of milk prices and other measures on producers' returns would depend on a number of factors including changes in production costs, technological developments and producers' own decisions in the light of the measures applied.