§ Mr. Leightonasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much was collected by Her Majesty's Customs and Excise by way of protective duty on imports of sheepmeat from non-EEC countries in each year from 1970; and how much of this was handed over to the EEC to finance expenditure under the EEC budget.
§ Mr. Peter ReesI will let the hon. Member have a reply as soon as possible.
408WHer Majesty's Customs and Excise according to the latest available figures or estimates.
§ Mr. Peter Rees[pursuant to his reply, 22 November 1979, c.332]: Repayments of VAT and numbers of repayment traders in each of the 29 trade groups in the financial year 1978–79 are given in the following table: