§ 16. Mr. Teddy Taylorasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what estimate he has made of the effect on consumer prices in the United Kingdom of the price proposals for the common agricultural policy recently made by the Commission; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. JoplingI estimate that overall the European Commission's recent proposals for 1985–86 farm prices would add about one third of 1 per cent. to retail food prices.