§ Mr. Willie W. Hamiltonasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how much milk has been thrown away in Scotland and the North of England since the beginning of May.
§ Mrs. FennerI shall reply to the hon. Member as soon as possible.
CAP expenditure Year on year increase in real terms CAP expenditure as a percentage of total EC expenditure United Kingdom receipts under the CAP* mecu £ million* per cent. per cent. £ million 1973 3,805 1,912 — 82 63 1974 3,230 1,647 -24 75 112 1975 4,708 2,637 27 78 347 1976 5,796 3,603 11 77 213 1977 7,123 4,656 +12 74 174 1978 9,000 5,974 17 79 318 1979 10,880 7,064 +11 76 384 1980 11,943 7,232 -1 73 569 1981 11,581 6,449 -12 65 666 1982 13,077 7,294 +3 64 756 1983 16,637 9,759 +18 69 1,085 1984 19,093 11,150 +9 73 1,310 1985 20,575 11,757 +3 n.a. 1,185 Sources: 1973–84 EC Court of Auditors reports.
EC Commission EAGGF Financial Reports.
1985 MAFF estimates.
* Conversion to sterling at the average rate for the EAGGF guarantee section for each year except 1985 for which the budget rate has been used (1.75 ecu: £1).
† Figures in ecus for expenditure under the CAP funded outside the EAGGF are not available for the years 1973–77. Figures for United Kingdom receipts of this expenditure are also not available for all years. However, in both cases the amounts are negligible.
§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he will publish in the Official Report a table showing for each product the increase in farm support prices this year in the United Kingdom in terms of sterling, together with the increase in productivity expected on the basis of past trends.
§ Mr. GummerI shall reply to the hon. Member as soon as possible.