§ 20. Miss McIntoshTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will make a statement on prices for agricultural products for 1998–99. [47177]
§ Mr. MorleyMonthly Agricultural Price Indices and an Agricultural Market Report containing weekly prices are available in the Library of the House. On average, agricultural prices for the first four months of 1998 are 12 per cent. lower than a year earlier. This is due primarily to changing exchange rates and developments in the commodity markets.