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Mr. Spearing
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will tabulate for the latest convenient date any United Kingdom subsidy, gross EEC levies, and accession compensatory amounts for the cheapest source of supply for each of the following foodstuffs in pence: a pound of butter, a pound of Cheddar cheese and a standard large loaf of bread.
| United Kingdom subsidy (approximate equivalent at retail level) | Gross EEC levy | Accession compensatory amount | |||
| Large (28 oz.) loaf of bread | 2·5p (subsidy is paid on wheat flour and is broadly equivalent to 2·5p on a 28 oz. loaf). | Nil | Nil | ||
| 1 lb. butter | … | … | 11p (of which 2·3p provided by EEC funds). | 10·66p (partly offset by monetary compensatory amount of 3·3p). | Nil |
| 1 lb. Cheddar cheese | … | 12p | 15·42p (partly offset by monetary compensatory amount of 2·85p). | Nil | |