§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he will publish in the Official Report a table showing his best estimate of the amount of subsidy paid on sheepmeat reared on hill 540W farms in the latest accounting period, together with subsidies/payments made in respect of cattle reared on such farms.
§ Mr. MacGregorThe latest estimates of the total amounts paid in 1983 to livestock farmers in the less-favoured areas defined under Council directive 75/268 are as follows:
£ million Sheep Cattle Hill livestock compensatory allowances 51.5 39.1 Sheep annual premium 13 — Suckler cow premium — 12.5