HC Deb 18 July 1985 vol 83 cc277-8W
Mr. Austin Mitchell

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing the current different support and other prices for sugar in the United Kingdom under the common agricultural policy and the corresponding prices in the world market.

Mr. MacGregor

The effective support price for white sugar in the United Kingdom is currently 59.64 ECU/100 kg (£368.97/tonne). The world sugar market is a residual and highly volatile one but the London daily price for white sugar, which may be regarded as representative of the world price, was 130.5 US dollars (£94.16) per tonne on 15 July 1985.

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