HC Deb 05 March 1985 vol 74 c479W
Mr. Austin Mitchell

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he will circulate in the Official Report a list of studies made of the total cost of the common agricultural policy to the United Kingdom known to his Department.

Mr. Jopling

Numerous studies have been published about the effects of the common agricultural policy on the United Kingdom, and these vary widely in their scope. A report of a comprehensive study conducted at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, entitled "The Cost of the Common Agricultural policy" by A. E. Buckwell, D. R. Harvey, K. J. Thompson and K. A. Parton (published in 1982), contains in chapter 4 a review of studies undertaken, some of which are ongoing: a copy of this book is in the Library of the House.

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