§ Mr. Macfarlaneasked the Secretary of State for Energy if he will provide a
Acreage '000 acres Percentage increase of (ii) over (i) Country 1975–76 1976–77 Per cent. (i) (ii) (iii) Belgium/Luxembourg … … … 304 247 -18.8 Denmark … … … 210 200 -4.8 France (Metropolitan) … … … 1,384 1,431 3.4 Germany (Federal Republic) … … … 1,077 1,119 3.9 Irish Republic … … … 82 84 2.4 Italy … … … 642 697 8.6 Netherlands … … … 341 346 1.5 United Kingdom … … … 481 511 6.2 EEC … … … 4,521 4,635 2.5