§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he will publish in the Official Report a table showing for 1973 and each of the past five years the minimum and activating prices for dried field beans, dried peas and lupins, the guide price for peas and field beans, the amount of aid paid to processors for use in animal feed per tonne of beans and so on consumed, the guide prices for peas and beans, the relevant world prices, production, imports and exports of peas, beans and lupins and directly competing products and the cost of support to the European Economic Community budget.
§ Mr. MacGregorMuch of this information can be obtained from the Commission's publication "The Agricultural Situation in the Community" report 1984 and previous reports. Copies of these are available in the Library of the House. There was no Community aid scheme for any of these crops in 1973. The Community aid scheme for peas and field beans for human consumption was introduced for the 1982–83 marketing year, since when the guide prices have been as follows (ECU/tonne):
1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 314.0 334.4 331.1 The aid scheme for lupins was introduced for the 1984–85 marketing year for which the activating price was set at 478.2 ECU per tonne and the minimum price at 317.9 ECU per tonne. The remainder of the information requested is not readily available.