HC Deb 25 July 1974 vol 877 c521W
Mr. Brocklebank-Fowler

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if, to avoid unfair competition and in accordance with Community agreements, he will now extend the fuel oil subsidy for glasshouses until June 1975.

Mr. Bishop

No. The fuel oil subsidy announced by my right hon. Friend on 11th April accords fully with the Commission's guidance on an acceptable level of aid which will apply to all member States. This is that the amount of aid may not exceed 50 per cent. of the increase in fuel prices—between 1st September 1973 and the moment when the measure is decided—reckoned for a quantity of energy products not exceeding the recipient's normal consumption in one growing season.