§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he will publish in the Official Report a table showing for the years 1973 and each of the past five years the threshold, target and intervention prices of rapeseed and sunflower seed, the subsidies to seedcrushers for the production of rapeseed oil, the world price and the levy on imports from third countries, the cost of support to the European Economic Community budget and the amount of seed and oil produced, imported and exported.
§ Mr. MacGregorMost of this information can be obtained for recent years from the Commission's
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§ Mr. MacGregorMost of this information can be obtained for recent years from the Commission's publication "The Agricultural Situation in the Community" report 1984. Similar information for earlier years is contained in previous reports. Copies of these are available in the Library of the House. The rates of production and consumption aid payable for olive oil, and estimated European Community production have been as follows (source: European Commission):
and 1986, the amount of the variable premium and clawback payments as a percentage of the guide price, the amount spent on the variable premium and the qualifying tonnage, the amount spent on the headage premium paid on breeding ewes, the amount spent on hill fanning and so on subsidies for sheep production and the numbers of sheep and lambs.
§ Mr. MacGregorInformation on institutional prices is published by the EC Commission in "The Agricultural Situation in the Community" report for 1984 and earlier years. The Commission's proposals for 1985 and 1986 are set out in Commission document 4582/85 addenda I, II and corrigendum and III. The expenditure and population figures requested are set out in tables 28 and 3 of the "Annual Review of Agriculture 1985" and corresponding tables of earlier annual review White Papers. Copies of all these publications are available in the Library of the House.
The remaining information requested is as follows:
publication "The Agricultural Situation in the Community" report 1984. Similar information for earlier years is contained in previous reports. Copies of these are available in the Library of the House. There are no levies on imports or threshold prices for these products. The remaining information requested is not readily available.
§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he will publish in the Official Report a table showing for 1973 and each of the past five years the minimum and guide prices for soya beans and linseed, the level of aid for growing soya beans, the levy on imports, the cost to the European 39W Economic Community budget of support for these products and production imports and exports of soya and linseed and the oils made there from.
§ Mr. MacGregorMost of this information can be obtained for recent years from the Commission's publication "The Agricultural Situation in the Community" report 1984. Similar information for earlier years is contained in previous reports. Copies of these are available in the Library of the House. There are no levies on imports of ' these products. Estimated European Community production of soya beans and linseed in recent years has been as follows:
1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 Soya beans ('000 tonnes) 19 24 31 86 Linseed ('000 tonnes) 55 47 62 44 Source: European Commission.
The remaining information is not readily available.