§ Mr. Austin MitchellTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what research he has done to establish the relative contribution of(a) consumer resistance, (b) seasonal factors and (c) imports, on depressing market prices for fish.
50Wof this proposal takes no account of farming practice, and causes considerable difficulties for linseed producers. I am therefore opposing it.
In 1992, the United Kingdom area sown to linseed was approximately 60 per cent. of the EC total. The proposals for linseed have been made in the context of the Commission's annual price-fixing proposals, subject to qualified majority voting.