§ Mr. MarlowTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what arable acreage he expects to be set aside in each EC country arising from the MacSharry proposals; what proportion this will be of existing arable acreage in each case, assuming constant yields and current prices; what will be the loss in production and value in each country; and, in each case, if he will set out the figures as an absolute figure and as a proportion of the EC total, assuming no change in the balance between cereal types, seasonal planting and cereals and oilseeds.
§ Mr. CurryThe information in the following table is derived from budgetary estimates of expenditure on the CAP reform package prepared earlier this year by the Commission. These estimates do not contain figures for the value of lost production, which will depend on market prices in the next marketing year.
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Cereals (million tonnes) As percentage of total reduction Protein (million tonnes) As percentage of total reduction Oilseed (million tonnes) As percentage of total reduction Total 15.7 0.5 1.1 Source: Commission statistics.
Note: Minor discrepancies in totals are due to rounding.