asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if, pursuant to his replies of 2 March, Official Report, c. 66, and 19 February, Official Report, c. 235 to the hon. Member for Southend, East concerning export rebates for food exported to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, he has now received the comparable figures for 1981 from the Commission in respect of the other member States of the European Economic Community.

[pursuant to his reply, 24 March 1982, c. 204–5]: The Commission services have now given, as requested, an estimate of the cost of refunds paid for exports to the Soviet Union from the European Economic Community—excluding the United Kingdom—in the period January-September 1981. These are aggregate figures for the whole Community for each commodity, since I understand that the Commission does not have the figures broken down by individual member States. The figures that I have received are as follows: