Common Agricultural Policy

HC Deb 13 June 1979 vol 968 c244W

39. Mr. Jay

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what proposals have been made by the EEC Commission to charge part of the cost of the common agricultural policy to the EEC development budget.

Mr. Lawson

The Commission's press release on the 1980 Community budget indicates that food aid restitutions and ACP sugar have been included in title 9 in the 1980 budget—co-operation with developing countries and non-member States—instead of in titles 6 and 7—European agricultural guidance and guarantee fund—guarantee section—as in the 1979 budget. Further details of the Commission's proposals are likely to be included in the volumes of the preliminary draft budget, which have not yet been received.