§ 31. Sir Anthony Meyerasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what has been the net budgetary benefit to the United Kingdom from the operation of the European Community sheepmeat regime (a) since its establishment and (b) during 1981.
§ Mr. Buchanan-SmithIn 1980 £32.4 million was spent under the Community's sheepmeat regime, all of it in the United Kingdom. For 1981 the £104 million spent in the United Kingdom is estimated to be about 97 per cent. of the Community total. Member States contribute not to individual regimes but to the Community budget as a whole.
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