HL Deb 25 April 1984 vol 451 c136WA
Lord Stanley of Alderley

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What proportion of the beef variable premium is paid by the United Kingdom Government, and what by the EEC.

Lord Belstead

Sixty per cent. of the cost of payments under the Beef Variable Premium Scheme is paid by the United Kingdom Government, and 40 per cent. by the European Community.