§ Mr. Biffenasked the Secretary of State for Industry if he will list the aids for silkworm rearers currently proposed by the EEC Commission with particular reference to the suggested stockpiling premium; what is the expected cost of these schemes; and what views have been expressed to the Commission on behalf of the United Kingdom Government.
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§ Mr. KaufmanEEC Regulation 845/72 of 24th April 1972 provides for aid to silkworm rearers in the form of a subsidy for each box of silkworm eggs produced. The subsidy, which is currently 36.50 units of account per box, is funded from the Community budget. The level of the subsidy is reviewed each year. A proposed increase of the unit subsidy to 40 units of account for the 1976–77 rearing year will be considered in the forthcoming CAP prices review. The EEC Commission's estimate of the cost of this scheme to the Community budget for 1976–77 is 2 million units of account. A scheme of aid for stockpiling, proposed by Italy earlier this year has been rejected.
A further scheme of aid to rationalise marketing in the silkworm sector has been proposed by the EEC Commission for consideration during the current CAP prices review. The scheme involves a supplementary aid of 6 units of account for each box of silkworm eggs produced during the 1976–77 rearing year provided that the rearer concerned supplies a minimum quantity of cocoons to a recog-
TELEVISION SETS PRODUCED AND SOLD IN THE UNITED KINGDOM 1974 Colour Sets Thousands Mono Sets Thousands Total television sets produced … 1,947 669 Total television sets sold in the United Kingdom (including imports) … … … … 2,278 832
Thousands Per cent. Thousands Per cent. Source of imported television sets: Japan … … … … 202 46.2 126 52.3 West Germany … … 56 12.8 — — Austria … … … 54 12.4 — — Finland … … … 53 12.1 — — Italy … … … … 18 4.1 24 10.0 Sweden … … … 14 3.2 — — Norway … … … 14 3.2 — — Denmark … … … 7 1.6 — — Netherlands … … … 5 1.1 3 1.2 Irish Republic … … 4 0.9 15 6.2 France … … … 4 0.9 — — Switzerland … … … 2 0.5 — — Belgium … … … 2 0.5 — — Singapore … … … — — 31 12.9 Portugal … … … — — 19 7.9 Soviet Union … … … — — 16 6.6 Taiwan … … … — — 3 1.2 Others … … … 2 0.5 4 1.7 Total … … … 437 100.0 241 100.0 Source: Business Monitor PQ 365.2, Customs and Excise.