§ Mr. Roderickasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he has any proposals for protecting tenant farmers who have entered agreements for 100 per cent. rent increases in the belief that the 50 per cent. restriction would continue.
Units of account Sterling equivalent at 2–4 ua= .1 Refunds on sugar (a) … … 51,571,079.08 21,487,949.62 Intervention in respect of sugar Denaturing premiums … … 2,715,687.14 1,131,536.31 Refunds for use in the chemical industry (b) … … 3,272,140.30 1,363,391.79 Reimbursement of storage costs … … 69,994,729.21 29,164,470.50 Public storage (c) … … -2449,483.97 -1,020,618.32 Other interventions … … 1,967,327.55 819,719.81 Total … … 127,071,479.31 52,946,449.71 This is drawn from page 111/168 of Volume IV of the Draft Community Budget for 1975. Notes: (a) "Refunds on sugar" relate to export refunds on third country trade. (b) "Refunds for use in the chemical industry" relate to aid given in 1973 to encourage the use of Community sugar by the chemical industry. (c) The figure for public storage reflects the change in the value of sugar stocks.
An approximate breakdown of payments to member States in 1973 is given in the Table below: Thousand units of account Sterling equivalent at 2.4ua= £1 Belgium … … … 12,409 5,170,417 Denmark … … … 6,464 2,693,334 Germany … … … 28,199 11,749,583 France … … … 56,990 23,745,833 Ireland … … … 852 355,000 Italy … … … 10,270 4,279,167 Luxembourg … … … nil nil Holland … … … 7,401 3,083,750 United Kingdom … … … 4,485 1,868,750