Food Prices

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Agriculture, Fisheries and Food – in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 20 Rhagfyr 1973.

Danfonwch hysbysiad imi am ddadleuon fel hyn

Photo of Mrs Shirley Williams Mrs Shirley Williams , Hitchin 12:00, 20 Rhagfyr 1973

Will the hon. Lady tell the House, first, whether this constitutes a doubling of the price of eggs? Secondly, will she say why her right hon. Friend constantly quotes earnings and not wage rates, which are the relevant rates in this respect? There is a distinction between earnings and wage rates. Thirdly, in the light of what she has just been saying, will she say whether she is giving any consideration to something for which the farmers of Britain constantly ask, namely, a pegging—indeed, a subsidisation—of the cost of foodstuffs to them?