HC Deb 17 October 1989 vol 158 cc93-4W
Mr. Austin Mitchell

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what was the ratio of the United Kingdom guaranteed price for(a) cereals, (b) dairy products, (c) oils and fats and (d) edible meats in: (i) 1988 and (ii) 1968.

Mr. MacLean

Details of guaranteed prices determined for 1968–69 are set out in the "Annual Review and Determination of Guarantees 1968" (Cmnd. 3558) pp 44–45, which is available in the Library of the House. Information on support prices for 1988–89 is contained in the note on common agricultural policy prices settlement 1988–89 which was deposited in the Library of the House on 4 August 1988.

Mr. Maclean

The attached table shows by member state the amount and percentage share of expenditure from the European agricultural guidance and guarantee fund (EAGGF) in 1987 and 1988, and the amount and percentage share of own resource payments in 1987. Own resource figures for 1988 are not available as the European Court of Auditors report for 1988 will not be published by the Commission until December 1989.