European Economic Community

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Agriculture, Fisheries and Food – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 8 June 1971.

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Photo of Mr Laurie Pavitt Mr Laurie Pavitt , Willesden West 12:00, 8 June 1971

Did not the right hon. Gentleman recently tell a Conservative Party conference that the rise in prices on our entry into the E.E.C. would not be all that much because of the rises which have already taken place? Is it part of the Government's policy to let prices rise so that the impact of joining will be lessened?