To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what is her best estimate of the area likely to be the subject of set-aside provisions in each EC member state in 1993–94; and what proportion of this area is likely to be rotational in each state.

I refer the hon. Member to the reply given by my hon. Friend the Member for Skipton and Ripon (Mr. Curry) on 14 December 1992, at column 70. It will not be possible to provide more reliable estimates until we know how much land has been set aside in individual member states in 1992–93 and what detailed arrangements will apply to non-rotational set-aside and to the incorporation of linseed in the arable area payments scheme.