§ Mr. Teddy TaylorTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Derbyshire, West (Mr. McLoughlin) of 20 June, whether the compromise agreement on prices and support arrangements for agriculture commodities by 11 member states included the increase in the levy on budgie seed proposed by the Commission.
§ Mr. Donald ThompsonNo. The compromise package proposed by the presidency and Commission on 17 June, which 11 member states were prepared to accept, included a commitment from the Commission to withdraw its proposal on bird seed.