§ Mr. Teddy Taylorasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will publish a table showing the planned expenditure on the various activities of the common agricultural policy in 1987 before and after the agreement of the Council on 16 December in such a way as to demonstrate the manner in which the saving of £1,200 million in planned expenditure in 1987 is to be achieved.
§ Mr. JoplingThe Community's draft budget for 1987 includes the following provisions for the common agricultural policy:
mecu EAGGF Guarantee 23,003 EAGGF Guidance 1,000 Other CAP expenditure 171 TOTAL 24,174 The decisions taken by the Council on 16 December, including the programme for disposal of butter stocks with delayed reimbursement to member states, will affect 1987 expenditure as follows:
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mecu Milk Lower stocks -135 Reducation in receipts of coresponsibility levy +20 Slaughtering of dairy cows (effect on beef sector) +195 Deferred reimbursement for disposals -1,050 Total -970
mecu Beef (excluding effects of reforms in milk sector) -50 Green rate changes +80 Overall effect -940 These figures do not take account of the revised social butter scheme, the effects of which will depend on uptake by member states, or of restrictions on intervention for dairy products on which the Council undertook to take further decisions by the end of February 1987.
The overall savings of 940 mecu—£650 million—are expected to be used to offset other areas of guarantee
Import levies1 applicable in the United Kingdom for the main food items covered by the common agricultural policy: third Wednesday in December, 1981–1986 £ tonne 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 Common wheat 50 71 51 41 78 116 Barley 48 67 43 44 81 112 Maize 66 69 40 44 65 103 Rice 166 280 267 319 375 421 Sugar (white)2 184 251 243 290 289 313 Olive oil 186 186 374 346 476 313 Butter3 948 990 1,348 1,185 1,497 1,749 SMP 425 483 572 659 936 939 Beef and veal4 999 1,234 1,393 1,442 1,504 1,253 Pigmeat 265 346 341 246 316 524 Poultrymeat 149 199 157 137 172 280 Eggs 159 212 176 149 186 310 Notes:
All figures have been rounded to the nearest £.
1The rates of levy vary for different tariff headings. The rates quoted are: beef and veal—carcase; pigmeat—carcase; poultrymeat—70 per cent., chickens; rice—wholly milled long grain; olive oil—virgin; eggs in shell. Levies are shown after adjustment for the UK monetary compensatory amounts where applicable.
2In practice the United Kingdom's imports from third countries are normally covered by the Lomé convention and enter the Community levy free.
3A special lower rate of levy is applicable to imports of butter from New Zealand.
4Most imports of beef from third countries are subject to special arrangements allowing entry at reduced levy rates.