§ Mr. Teddy Taylorasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (1) if he can quantify the total cash benefit obtained by agriculture in Great Britain from the European Economic Community in each of the years from 1974 to 1980; and if he will provide separate figures for agriculture in Scotland;
(2) if he will publish a table showing the total subsidy payments made by the United Kingdom Government to agriculture in Great Britain in each of the years from 1974 to 1980; and if he will provide separate figures for Scotland.
§ Mr. Peter WalkerThe relevant expenditure in the United Kingdom, from 1974–75 to 1978–79, together with associated receipts from the European Community, is given in table 25 of the Annual Review of Agriculture 1979 (Cmnd. 7436), and similar information for 1979–80 and 1980–81 was given in replies to my hon. Friends the Members for Bodmin (Mr. Hicks) and Devon, West (Mr. Mills) on 3 December. I regret that I am unable to identify that part of the total expenditure or receipts which relates to Great Britain and Scotland. Some of the expenditure benefits interests other than agriculture.