§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he will bring up to date his answer of 20 July 1983, Official Report 391W columns 133–36 concerning the effective incidence of the European Economic Community levies on prices, by including figures for the first Tuesday in July 1984 and the latest available date.
§ Mr. MacGregorThe information requested is as follows. I must once again remind the hon. Member that the "world" prices derived for this calculation do not represent those which might obtain were more supplies obtained from non-Community sources.
United Kingdom Levy as Percentage of (a) the Intervention Price in the United Kingdom and (b) the World Price Per cent. 3 July 1984 13 February 1985 (a) (b) (a) (b) Beef and veal 69 154 68 142 Pigmeat 26 28 24 24 Poultrymeat — 18 — 17 Eggs — 98 — 34 Butter 62 127 67 146 Skimmed milk powder 69 161 62 121 Common wheat 54 66 33 33 Barley 51 60 37 40 Sugar 77 224 77 213 Notes:
* "Intervention prices" have been taken as:
Beef and veal—intervention price converted to carcase equivalent using 54.4 per cent. killing-out coefficient.
Pigmeat—lowest intervention price.
Butter—intervention price for 82 per cent. butter.
Skimmed milk powder—intervention price.
Common wheat—reference price for wheat of minimum bread-making quality.
Barley—intervention price.
Sugar—intervention price for white sugar plus storage levy.
There are no intervention prices for poultrymeat and eggs.
† "World prices" have been calculated by subtracting the common levy in ECU from the threshold guide price in ECU. The beef price is also adjusted for duty. In the case of pigmeat, poultrymeat and eggs the "world price" has been taken as the sluicegate price less supplementary levy where appropriate.
‡ The levies taken are at the full rate. In the case of beef, butter and sugar the United Kingdom obtains a large proportion of its supplies at reduced rates of levy.