§ Mr. Donald Stewartasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will now make arrangements to pay a fuel subsidy to United Kingdom fishing vessels on the lines of the fuel subsidy paid by the French to their industry.
§ Mr. Buchanan-SmithThe Government remain of the opinion that, sinceoil is a scarce resource, economies in its use should be secured by allowing the market to determine prices.
1977 £ million 1978 £ million 1979 £ million 1980 (January-October) £ million (a) European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (Guidance Section: Grants) 2.0 6.1 2.5 5.8 (b) European Social Fund (Grants) 7.9 4.6 6.8 9.9 (c) European Regional Development Fund (grants) 6.5 17.1 21.7 32.6 (Percentage of United Kingdom Quota) (12%) (17%) (13%) (22%) (d) European Coal and Steel Community: (i) Conversion loans 1.0 80.4 13.7 25.1 (ii) Housing loans — 0.7 — — (iii) Industrial loans — 16.0 — — (iv) Readaptation grants 1.1 3.4 1.6 7.8 (v) Research grants 0.2 0.2 — —