§ Mr. MarlandTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he intends to make any changes to his Department's cash limits for 1991–92.
§ Mr. GummerYes. The cash limit for class III, vote 4 (other agricultural and food services, support for the fishing industry, arterial drainage, flood and coast protection) will be reduced by £6,745,000 from £273,789,000 to £267,044,000. Within this limit expenditure will be reduced by £2,345,000 on agricultural schemes and by £1,400,000 on sea fishery support. These reductions reflect a predicted decrease in demand under these schemes. Expenditure on emergency and strategic food services will be reduced by £3,000,000 reflecting a reduction in the size of the emergency food stockpile.
The non-voted cash limit MAFF/LACAP (supplementary credit approvals for flood defence and coast protection) will be decreased by £2,000,000 from £16,594,000 to £14,594,000 reflecting a predicted reduction in local authority expenditure on flood defence capital works.