§ Mr. Hicksasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list the quantities of milk supplied to each local education authority in Great Britain on which a European Economic Community subsidy was claimed during the 1984–85 school year.
§ Mr. GummerI shall reply to my hon. Friend as soon as possible.
§ Mr. Livseyasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what will be the stocking rate to be used for standard quota, with reference to landlords and tenants in the milk producers outgoers scheme.
§ Mr. GummerI shall reply to the hon. Member as soon as possible.
§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he will publish in the Official Report a table showing for each product the increase in farm support prices this year in the United Kingdom in terms of sterling, together with the increase in productivity expected on the basis of past trends.
§ Mr. Gummer[pursuant to his reply, 14 May 1986, c. 485]: A note giving details of the recent CAP prices settlement has been placed in the Library of the House. Changes in the support price levels applicable in the United Kingdom are shown, for the main commodities, in the table. Future changes in productivity will be influenced by many factors, including developments in plant and animal breeding, the organisation of farming and the weather. Provisional calculations, described in "The Annual Review of Agriculture 1986" (Cmnd 9708), paragraph 22, suggest that the productivity of United Kingdom agriculture rose by an average of around 3 per cent. a year over the last decade, and by 2.5 per cent. a year over the last five years.
CAP Support Prices applying in the United Kingdom: Change between the 1985–86 and 1986–87 Marketing Years £ per tonne Wheat*† (common intervention price) +1.50 Barley*† (common intervention price) -4.13 Sugar (minimum price for sugar beet, A quota) +0.35 Oilseed rape*‡ (intervention price) +3.54 Beef and veal (guide price) +34.79 Pigmeat║ (basic price) +34.51 Sheepmeat¶ (basic price) pp litre +73.37 Milk (target price) +0.49 Notes:
* The changes shown are based on the interim support prices for 1985–86 set by the Commission and relate to the first months of the marketing year.
† A 2 per cent. (£2.25 per tonne) premium has been introduced for breadwheat of a higher quality. Wheat failing to meet the intervention 72W quality will be subject to a discount of up to 7 per cent. (£7.88 per tonne). A corresponsibility levy (set at 3 per cent. of the wheat intervention price—or some £3.37 per tonne) is to be collected at the time of first processing, sale into intervention or on export. A number of other changes have been made to the cereals support arrangements.
‡ The intervention price is subject to a reduction of up to £14.55 per tome if forecast ECIO production exceeds the maximum guaranteed quantity for the 1986–87 marketing year.
║ The price for 1986–87 relates to a revised (higher) standard quality of carcase.
¶ The marketing year corresponds to the calendar year: the basic price in ECUs is unchanged for 1987. The increase shown represents the extent to which the basic price would rise in a full year due solely to the devaluation of the green £ operative from 12 May.