§ Mr. Ralph Howellasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing (a) the amount spent on agricultural support in the United Kingdom under the common agricultural policy and by national grants and subsidies and (b) the expenditure on agricultural support as a percentage of the gross domestic product, for the years 1960–61, 1970–71, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84 and 1984–85, respectively.
§ Mr. MacGregorThe information requested is as follows:
guarantee section of the European agricultural guidance and guarantee fund, excluding fisheries, the Commission has estimated that maximum permitted expenditure under the guideline in 1986 will be 20.6 billion ecu. This represents 59 per cent. of the total expenditure the Commission intends to propose in its preliminary draft budget for 1986. The percentage shares of total budget taken by this expenditure since 1980 are as follows: 333W
percentage 1980 69 1981 62 1982 61 1983 65 1984 supplementary and amending budget No. 1 67 1985 Budget 70