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Mr. Hastings
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what total butter subsidy he expects to obtain from the current EEC negotiations.
Mr. Strang
The Community has now agreed to pay the full cost of a subsidy on Community butter of up to £187·96 per tonne in the United Kingdom from 1st May and £190·73 per tonne from 16th September to the end of March 1978. It has also been agreed that the subsidy will continue until the end of December 1978 at a rate to be determined.