§ Mr. DafisTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will take steps in the EC to ensure that the new potato regime will not adversely affect current area controls and direct intervention systems utilised in the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. CurryThere is as yet no Commission proposal for a potato regime. We wish to see what the Commission proposes before taking any decisions about the future of the potato marketing scheme in Great Britain. The Government's objective under any regime will be to ensure that our growers can supply what the market needs and operate on equal terms with growers elsewhere, and in particular that the processing sector should be able to find adequate sources of potatoes in Britain.