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Mr. Wm. Ross
asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland it he will give a comparison of the price of bacon pigs in Northern Ireland, in Eire and in Great Britain at the present time.
Mr. Merlyn Rees
Producer prices for broadly comparable grades during the week ended 22nd March were as follows:
| Northern Ireland | |||
| £per score | |||
| Special Premium | … | … | 5·52 |
| Code 1 | … | … | 5·20 |
| Code 2 | … | … | 4·89 |
| Light weight | … | … | 5·20 |
| Republic of Ireland | |||
| £per score | |||
| Special Premium | … | … | 5·80 |
| A | … | … | 5·44 |
| B | … | … | 5·00 |
| Lean | … | … | 5·44 |
| Great Britain | ||||
| £per score | ||||
| Al | … | … | … | 5·19 |
| B1 | … | … | … | 5·02 |
| 2 | … | … | … | 4·82 |
| Light weight | … | … | … | 4·58 |