Agriculture

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 3 May 1955.

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Photo of Mr George Brown Mr George Brown , Belper 12:00, 3 May 1955

This is claimed to be a guaranteed price. The hon. Member for Norfolk, South-West (Mr. Bullard) was a little upset when I interrupted him earlier in the debate and asked what was a guaranteed price. Does he accept this definition? Does he think that the farmers in South-West Norfolk will accept that a guaranteed price is a price which falls if the farmer produces more than the consumer will pay for at the old price? That is not a guaranteed price—