HL Deb 22 March 2004 vol 659 cc85-6WA
Lord Pearson of Rannoch

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What is their estimate of the total cost of the common agricultural policy in 2002 to British consumers, taking account of the cost of food prices in the United Kingdom, relative to world prices. [HL1950]

Lord Whitty

Our latest provisional estimate of the cost in 2002 of the common agricultural policy to UK consumers, based on an examination of the difference between UK and world prices for agricultural food products, is around £3.3 billion.

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