§ 3. Mr. Strangasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he has submitted any proposals to the European Commission to reduce the cost to the European community of surplus agricultural production.
§ Mr. JoplingI have consistently argued for policies which would restrain the production and budgetary cost of surpluses within the European Community.
§ 23. Mr. Marlowasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what is his latest estimate of the cost of European Economic Community agricultural surpluses for 1986–87; and what was the comparable cost for 1984–85 and 1985–86.
§ Mr. JoplingThe 1986 Community budget and the 1987 draft budget provide 14,048 mecu and 14,488 mecu respectively for expenditure on public storage and disposal of those products which are in structural surplus (cereals, sugar, wine, beef and milk products). The comparable figures for 1984 and 1985 were 11,432 mecu and 12,464 mecu respectively.