§ Mr. Marlowasked the Prime Minister whether she will tabulate for each European Economic Community country for each of the years 1978, 1979 and 1980 the financial outturns with regard to (a) net budget contributions and receipts, (b) the cost of common agricultural policy food and feed prices over world prices to the consumers of each country, (c) the value of common agricultural policy benefits to the producers of each country, (d) the extra cost of food (b) above less the benefits to producers (c) above, (e) the sum of (a) above budget contribution plus (d) above the net benefit or dis- 322W advantage of the common agricultural policy and (f) the value, positive or negative, of (e) above per head of the population.
§ The Prime MinisterThe information on part (a) in respect of 1978 and 1979 was contained in the reply given by my right hon. Friend the Financial Secretary, to my hon. Friend on 25 February. For 1980, member States' net budget contributions are affected by the adjustment we have negotiated to the United Kingdom budget contribution. There are no Commission estimates yet of the extra contribution of other member States resulting from the settlement.
The information requested in parts (b) to (c) could not be provided except at disproportionate cost. Much of it is, in any case, not yet available.