§ Lord Jacquesasked Her Majesty's Government:
What is the approximate cost per annum to United Kingdom consumers of having to pay EC prices for food rather than world market prices.
§ The Minister of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Lord Belstead)It is impossible to know what alternative import prices would obtain in the radically changed circumstances envisaged and what burden taxpayers might bear to support agricul-ture in the absence of existing Community arrange-ments.