HC Deb 19 December 1991 vol 201 cc301-2W
23. Sir John Farr

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will make a statement on the progress towards reaching agreement on farm subsidies over the next five years.

Mr. Gummer

The Government aim to secure, through reform of the common agricultural policy and through

1988
Horse based activities1 Golf Courses Game cover for commercial shoots Sports Ground Other recreational facilities Other uses under non agricultural use option
Number of agreements Land area hectares Number of agreements Land area hectares Number of agreements Land area hectares Number of agreements Land area hectares Number of agreements Land area hectares Number of agreements Land area hectares
Avon 8 73 1 6 1 1
Bedfordshire 5 22
Berkshire 6 146 1 4 1 2
Buckinghamshire 14 157 1 112
Cambridgeshire 8 117 1 16
Cheshire 7 64 1 3 1 29
Cleveland 1 5
Cornwall 5 53 1 9 1 11
Cumbria 2 10
Derbyshire 1 10 2 56 1 16
Devonshire 4 37 1 6
Dorset 1 12 1 13 1 23
Durham 6 99
Essex 16 93 2 95 1 2 2 2
Gloucestershire 8 51 2 15 1 10
Greater London 2 39 1 6 1 10
Greater Manchester 3 25
Hampshire 6 62 1 22 1 13 1 17
Hereford/Worcestershire 5 23
Hertfordshire 4 24 1 53
Humberside 2 19 3 49 2 45
Kent 14 137 1 7 2 6 1 20 1 41
Leicestershire 6 32 1 1 1 2
Lincolnshire 2 71 1 147
Merseyside 3 19 1 2 1 25
Norfolk 6 30 1 53
Northamptonshire 4 30 1 2
Northumberland 3 12
Nottinghamshire 2 12 1 40 1 8
Oxfordshire 12 80 I 44 2 4 1 1
Shropshire 3 30 1 41
Somerset 7 30 1 3
Staffordshire 4 35 1 20
Suffolk 13 125 1 13 1 2
Surrey 2 5 1 3 1 3
East Sussex 2 26 2 6 1 8
West Sussex 11 157 1 14 1 12
Warwickshire 11 78 2 73 2 9
Wiltshire 6 59 1 12 1 3 1 12

agreement in the GATT Uruguay round negotiations, lower levels of agricultural support both within the European Community and worldwide.