HL Deb 19 June 1997 vol 580 cc135-6WA
Lord Hylton

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether the European Commission, or national Governments, are able to identify the individual farmers who benefit from tobacco subsidies under the common agricultural policy.

Lord Donoughue

We understand from the European Commission that each producer member state maintains a national register of individual tobacco growers who claim premia, and that the Commission keeps a copy of each register for control purposes.

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