Common Agricultural Policy

HC Deb 21 January 1976 vol 903 c488W

Mr. George Rodgers

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what proportion of the EEC budget is absorbed by the common agricultural policy.

Mr. Bishop

In the three years 1974 to 1976 the proportion of the European Communities' budget appropriations allocated for CAP expenditure averages 73 per cent.