HC Deb 21 May 1985 vol 79 cc376-7W
Sir Peter Mills

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will announce the 1985–86 target price scale for the beef variable premium scheme.

Mr. MacGregor

I am sure that hon. Members on all sides of the House have welcomed my right hon. Friend's achievement in securing agreement in the Council of Ministers on the continuation of the beef variable premium scheme for the 1985–86 marketing year. After long and hard negotiations, the premium has been kept on unchanged terms and conditions. The target price scale for 1985–86 will be as follows:

Week commencing Pence per live kilogram
1985
May 27 110.4
June 3 110.0
10 109.5
17 109.0
24 108.6
July 1 108.1
8 107.6
15 107.0
22 106.5
29 106.0
August 5 105.3
12 104.8
19 104.2
26 103.8
September 2 103.2
9 102.8
16 102.6
23 102.5
30 102.4
October 7 102.3
14 102.2
21 102.1
28 102.0
November 4 102.2
11 102.5
18 102.8
25 103.2
December 2 103.5

Week commencing Pence per live kilogram
9 104.2
16 105.0
23 105.0
30 105.5
1986
January 6 106.0
13 106.8
20 107.6
27 108.4
February 3 109.2
10 110.0
17 110.8
24 111.0
March 3 111.1
10 111.2
17 111.3
24 111.4
31 111.4