§ Mr. Hoosonasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list the studies in progress and completed in his Department concerning the implications of United Kingdom membership of the European Communities and comparing conditions in the United Kingdom with other member States, indicating which have been published, which he proposes to publish before the referendum, which he proposes to release to the recognised umbrella campaign organisations and which he proposes to leave unpublished during the referendum campaign.
§ Mr. BishopMy Department does, of course, constantly assess the implications of detailed aspects of the common agricultural policy in the course of the Community's on-going business, but no formal studies of the kind suggested by the hon. and learned Member's Question are at present being conducted. The418W Government's assessment of the implications of continued membership of the Community is given in the White Papers on Membership of the European Community (Cmnd. 5925 and 6003), and account is also taken of this factor in the recent White Paper "Food from Our Own Resources" (Cmnd. 6020).