Public Expenditure

HC Deb 11 November 1997 vol 300 cc514-5W

Mr. Jack

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will make a statement on his Department's public expenditure ceiling for 1997–98. [15462]

Mr. Morley

I am replying in my right hon. Friend's absence as he is on official business in South Africa.

The published Estimate Provision for the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food for 1997–98, net of EAGGF reimbursement if £765 million.