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Mr. Marten
asked the Secretary of State for Prices and Consumer Protection if she will list the foods other than those specifically mentioned in her reply on Friday 2nd May by which she judges whether food is cheaper inside or outside the Common Market.
Mr. Alan Williams
As my right hon. Friend said in her reply of 2nd May—
[Vol. 891, c. 259]—the estimate of the effect of membership of the EEC on food prices, which shows that there is overall no significant effect one way or the other, takes into account the effect on the prices of all principal foodstuffs. Principal foodstuffs include cereals, sugar, milk products, beef, pigmeat, lamb, fruit, fish, eggs, poultry, vegetables, tea, coffee, cocoa, and various processed foods.