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Agricultural Production

Volume 805: debated on Tuesday 27 October 1970

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asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what proposals he now has for increasing agricultural production; and if he will make a statement.

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asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when he proposes to announce his plans for increasing farm production at home in order to save imports; and if he will make a statement.

The Government are committed to selective agricultural expan- sion, and the recent adjustment to guaranteed prices was an indication of our resolve.

When does my right hon. Friend intend to introduce the new system of agricultural support?

Will the right hon. Gentleman continue to allow Danish bacon to be imported at the present high level?

In the last year the amount of Danish bacon imported has fallen and British production has risen. I should like to see British consumers eating more British bacon.

But is the Minister not aware that, at present, if farmers depended on the market alone for their beef and lamb prices and on import control, they would be in dire trouble, and that it is only the subsidy which is maintaining the prices for the farmers?

This depends entirely on the level at which the minimum import price alone is assessed.