§ Mr. MarlowTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will estimate the value of reduction and percentage reduction of agricultural output in each EC country and overall based on constant yields and prices resulting from the MacSharry proposals for CAP reform.
§ Mr. CurryThe package of reform measures, based on the MacSharry proposals and agreed by Ministers in May, is expected to result in a reduction in agricultural output in the EC. Precise estimates of the impact will not be possible until the detailed implementation procedures have been finalised and will in any case depend on how individual farmers react in the light of changes in the738W economic environment. The Commission is to bring forward a paper dealing with the compatibility between CAP reform and the GATT outline agreement.