§ 19. Mr. Freudasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he will draw up a medium-term plan for the agriculture industry to include levels of production targets in the light of the European Economic Community surpluses.
§ Mr. MacGregorI do not believe that the setting of overall production targets is the right way to proceed. Guarantee thresholds, under which production in excess of defined levels triggers off reductions in support, and which now apply to many more commodities, are one of the most important ways of tackling the surpluses.