§ Sir John Biggs-DavisonTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will publish the list of organisations designated to participate in the European Community free food scheme; and what advice he is circulating on the distribution of such food.
Original budget (excluding supplementary budgets) Supplementary budget Outturn Notional United Kingdom contribution United Kingdom receipts Conversion rate mua mua mua mua mua 1 ua = £ 1973 3,263 — 3,786 333 152 0.416667 1974 3,839 — 3,228 355 279 0.416667 1975 4,306 — 4,914 668 848 0.416667 1976 5,490 717 5,793 939 517 0.416667 1977 6,581 934 6,964 1,340 422 0.416667 mecu mecu mecu mecu mecu 1 ecu = £ 1978 9,131 — 9,000 1,386 480 0.663759 1979 10,022 725 10,880 1,904 593 0.649236 1980 11,878 — 11,943 2,484 941 0.605540 1981 13,401 -1,070 11,581 2,490 1,198 0.556891 1982 14,533 — 13,077 3,165 1,357 0.557801 1983 14,786 1,763 16,637 3,677 1,849 0.586581 1984 17,288 1,848 19,092 4,166 2,244 0.583969 1985 20,755 — 20,549 4,011 2,016 0.588051 1986 23,104 — 23,028 3,340 2,074 0.647851 19871 24,174 -73 23,996 n.a. 1,839 0.719320 19882 29,003 — n.a. n.a. n.a. 0.671141 19893 30,153 — n.a. n.a. n.a. 0.671141 Source: EC budgets, EAGGF financial reports, EC Court of Auditors reports, implementation of the budget reports.
Notes: Before 1978, Community expenditure was expressed in units of account. As this unit had a different basis from the present ecu the figures for 1973–77 are not directly comparable with those for later years.
1 Covers expenditure on market support for first 10 months only.
2 Covers expenditure on market support from November 1987 to 15 October 1988. In addition, the budget contains provision of 1,240 mecu for depreciation of old stocks and a monetary reserve of 1,000 mecu.
3 Covers expenditure on market support from 16 October 1988 to 15 October 1989. In addition the PDB contains 640 mecu for depreciation of old stocks, 800 mecu for reimbursement of butter disposals in 1987–88 and a monetary reserve of 1,000 mecu.
§ Mr. Austin MitchellTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he will publish in theOfficial Report a revision of the table on pp 38–39 of Cm. 288-II to take account of what was agreed at the European Economic Community summit meeting on financing the European Economic Community budget and the current year's budget settlement, together with (a) a note of any other significant consequential changes in the forecast of his Department's expenditure and (b) a forecast for this year's expenditure on common agricultural policy support on the same basis as in table 4.7 on page 44.
§ Mr. MacGregor[holding answer 2 July 1988]: Revised figures for planned expenditure on agriculture, taking account of the European Council's agreement, will be
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§ Mr. RyderI refer my hon. Friend to the answer given by my right hon. Friend the then Minister of State to my hon. Friend for Cambridgeshire, North-East (Mr. Moss) on 21 April, at column566.