HC Deb 30 March 1981 vol 2 cc17-8W
Mr. Teddy Taylor

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will seek to estimate the effect on United Kingdom employment of the loss of competitiveness stemming from the inflationary effect of the common agricultural policy since 1973.

Mr. Peter Walker

Any estimate of the effect of the common agricultural policy on United Kingdom employment would require wholly hypothetical assumptions about the agricultural policy which the United Kingdom would otherwise have pursued.

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