§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what has been the cost to date of the scheme whereby farmers who buy new farm machinery before August, 1972, get 70 per cent. of the cost from the Government; and to what extent the present rules and regulations of the European Economic Community permit this scheme.
§ Mr. Patrick JenkinThe information asked for in the first part of the Question432W is not available. The United Kingdom system of depreciation allowances (which provides for an 80 per cent. First-year allowance on qualifying capital expenditure incurred before 1st August, 1973), to which the Question presumably refers, is not affected by the current rules and regulations of the E.E.C.