§ Mr. David NicholsonTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what changes he intends to make to his Department's cash limits for 1992–93.
§ Mr. GummerThe cash limit for class III vote 4 (agricultural, food and fishing services) will be reduced by £18,200,000 from £368,256,000 to £350,056,000. Within this limit expenditure will be reduced by £16,871,000 on agricultural schemes and by £600,000 on sea fishery support. These reductions reflect a predicted decrease in demand and delay in implementation in further areas of these schemes. Expenditure on civil defence will be reduced by £529,000 reflecting a further reduction in the size of the 947W emergency food stockpile. The remaining reduction (£200,000) reflects two transfers of funds to other Government Departments, to ODA £150,000 as part of the United Kingdom Aid to the St. Petersburg seed potato project and to the Cabinet Office £50,000 as part of the United Kingdom support for science in the CIS.