asked Her Majesty's Government:Whether they will list all the actual or planned reductions in public expenditure on agriculture in the United Kingdom that have been announced since May 1979, including cuts in national and EC-funded capital grants schemes, cuts in expenditure on the Agricultural Development and Advisory Service (including reductions in expenditure following the removal of prior approval for schemes eligible for grant-aid), and cuts in agricultural research and development.

Changes in the Government's expenditure plans for agriculture and actual expenditure have been set out in successive White Papers since 1979 (Cmnds. 7746, 7841, 8175, 8494, 8789, 9143 and 9428).

asked Her Majesty's Government:Whether they intend to introduce legislation to enable the Agricultural Development and Advisory Service to charge farmers for advice, and if so, when, and what further consultations they expect to hold with the farming industry and other interests before introducing such legislation.

When my right honourable friend announced on 13th November 1984 the publication of Professor Bell's report on a study of ADAS, he made clear that primary legislation would be needed to implement the recommendation that those who benefit from the services provided by ADAS should contribute to its cost. The Government intend to legislate at an early opportunity.

The industry was given an opportunity to comment formally on the Bell Report following its publication and is being kept informed of the progress on the implementation studies announced by my right honourable friend in his Statement on 13th November 1984.

asked Her Majesty's Government:What was the actual (or estimated) profit (or loss) made by the respective operations in Northern Ireland of each of the United Kingdom public bodies listed below, during each of the five fiscal years 1980 to 1985: (i) British Telecom (till 1984); (ii) Post Office; (iii) National Giro Bank; (iv) Her Majesty's Stationery Office; (v) Royal Mint; (vi) BBC; (vii) Bank of England; (viii) British Airways.

The only public body for which this information is readily available is Her Majesty's Stationery Office. The trading results of HMSO's activities in Northern Ireland, after meeting all running costs, including financing charges, are as follows:

1980–81	£14,000 (loss)
1981–82	£93,000 (profit)
1982–83	£38,000 (profit)
1983–84	£48,000 (loss)
1984–85	£119,000 (loss)

The remaining bodies either do not differentiate their Northern Ireland activities in their published accounts or do not have significant commercial activities there.

asked Her Majesty's Government:Whether they will state, for each of the fiscal years 1979–80, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1982–83 and 1983–84, the Consolidated Fund revenue from each of the following sources;

The information requested is in the table.

Net Receipts by Inland Revenue and Customs and Excise
(a) Current prices	£ billion
	1979–80	1980–81	1981–82	1982–83	1983–84
Income tax	20.6	24.3	28.7	30.5	31.3
Corporation tax*	4.6	4.6	4.9	5.6	6.0
Petroleum revenue tax	1.4	2.4	2.4	3.3	6.0
Capital gains tax	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.7
Development land tax†	—	—	—	0.1	0.1
Value added tax	8.2	11.0	11.9	13.8	15.2
Car tax	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.7
(b) Constant, 1979–80 Prices ‡
Income tax	20.6	20.5	22.0	21.9	21.5
Corporation tax*	4.6	3.9	3.8	4.0	4.1
Petroleum revenue tax	1.4	2.0	1.8	2.3	4.1
Capital gains tax	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.5
Development land tax†	—	—	—	—	—
Value added tax	8.2	9.2	9.1	9.9	10.4
Car tax	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.5
* including net advance corporation tax receipts.
‡ calculated using the GDP deflator based on 1979–80 average market prices, as published in Economic Trends.
† The unrounded figures are as follows:

£ million
	1979–80	1980–81	1981–82	1982–83	1983–84
Current prices	27	27	38	65	68
Constant, 1979–80 prices	27	23	29	47	47

asked Her Majesty's Government:What advice they received from the Forestry Commission about the clause originally in the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Amendment) Bill which would have placed a duty on the Forestry Commission to "further" conservation interests.

It is standard practice not to release details of advice provided to Ministers from Government departments.

asked Her Majesty's Government:What proportion of the PSO has directly or indirectly been allocated to BR Engineering Ltd., Swindon, by the Board of British Rail.

Public Service Obligation grant is paid to British Rail in respect of its passenger business. It is not hypothecated by the board to specific items.

asked Her Majesty's Government:Whether the chairman of the board of British Rail has yet complied with the Secretary of State for Transport's request to report to him by mid-1984 on the options for the future of BR Engineering Ltd., and if not, when he is likely to do so.

The chairman made a progress report to the Secretary of State in November 1984 and said then that he would be making further reports from time to time as particular aspects of the work are completed.

asked Her Majesty's Government:Whether the line of the proposed road from Folkestone to Honiton has been settled, and in particular the line from the end of the M.27 to the area of Dorchester and Weymouth.

There are no plans to provide a completely new road between Folkestone and Honiton. The route is being progressively improved by either rebuilding the existing road or by-passing it with sections of new road. Many schemes have been completed, or are under construction, and the major ones are listed in Table 1 below. Twenty national schemes, worth £186 million, are programmed (Table 2), and other are under active study or subject to further review (Table 3).

TABLE 1
Schemes completed/under construction		Date of completion
M27	Cadnam-Portsbridge, Hampshire	Completed in sections between August 1975 and July 1984
A31	Poulner Lane diversion, Hampshire	August 1977
A27	Lewes Southern bypass, East Sussex	December 1977
A27	Southwick widening, West Sussex	March 1978
A27	Portslade and Hove widening, East Sussex	June 1978
A31	Bartley diversion, Hampshire	November 1978
A27	Falmer diversion. East Sussex	December 1979
A259	Bexhill Old Town bypass, East Sussex	June 1980
A27	Portsbridge-Broadmarsh improvement, Hampshire	November 1980
A27	Lewes South Street improvement East Sussex	December 1980
AM	Wimbourne bypass, Dorset	September 1981
AM	Bere Regis bypass, Dorset	July 1982
A27	Langstone flyover, Hampshire	(expected) autumn 1985
A31	Ferndown bypass, Dorset	(expected) winter 1986/87

TABLE 2 (from National Roads Report England 1985)
Schemes in programme to March 1987
A27	Fontwell bypass, West Sussex
A27	Havant bypass-Chichester bypass, Hampshire/West Sussex
A35	Bridport link road, Dorset
A35	Dorchester bypass, Dorset
Schemes in programme April 1987 to March 1989
A27	Brighton bypass, East/West Sussex
A27	Pevensey bypass, East Sussex
A27	Westhampnett bypass, West Sussex
A35	Charmouth bypass, Dorset
A35	Honiton link-A30, Devon
A259	Winchelsea bypass, East Sussex

NORTHERN IRELAND CIVIL EMPLOYMENT
JUNE
	1980			1981			1982			1983			1984
	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total
Agriculture	49,850	6,900	56,750	47,200	6,800	54,050	47,450	6,700	54,150	48,000	6,800	54,800	47,850	6,950	54,800
Manufacturing	89,850	47,700	137,550	82,700	40,800	123,500	74,050	36,950	110,950	69,100	35,700	104,800	67,550	36,150	103,700
Construction	42,050	2,050	44,100	33,050	1,850	34,900	32,650	1,900	34,600	31,500	1,900	33,400	29,550	2,000	31,550
Wholesale distribution, retail and repairing	48,350	33,150	81,500	45,500	31,000	76,550	44,100	32,000	76,100	43,450	31,950	75,400	43,650	32,100	75,750
Other	130,100	146,300	276,400	129,800	147,150	276,800	128,850	148,100	276,900	127,650	149,550	277,150	126,500	149,700	276,200
Total civil employment	360,200	236,150	596,350	338,250	227,600	565,850	327,150	225,600	552,800	319,650	225,900	545,550	315,100	226,900	541,950

NORTHERN IRELAND EMPLOYEES IN EMPLOYMENT
JUNE
	1980			1981			1982			1983			1984
	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total
Agriculture	8,250	1,000	9,250	7,800	900	8,750	8,100	900	9,000	8,600	950	9,500	8,750	1,000	9,700
Manufacturing	87,800	47,750	135,350	80,500	40,650	121,250	71,900	36,800	108,700	66,950	35,550	102,500	65,400	36,150	101,700
Construction	33,750	2,050	35,800	24,750	1,800	26,550	24,350	1,850	26,250	23,200	1,850	25,050	21,250	1,950	23,200
wholesale distribution, retail and repairing	36,750	30,500	67,300	34,050	28,450	62,500	32,600	29,450	62,150	29,400	61,400	32,150	29,550	61,750	5.750
Other	121,850	144,450	266,350	121,550	145,350	266,800	120,650	146,250	266,950	119,350	147,750	267,150	118,200	147,850	266,150
Total civil employment	288,300	225,600	513,950	268,650	217,150	485,850	257,650	215,300	472,950	250,100	215,550	465,600	245,750	216,400	462,200

Schemes in programme April 1989 onwards
A27	Arundel bypass, West Sussex
A27	Patching Junction improvement, West Sussex
A27	Polegate bypass, East Sussex
A31	Ashley Heath grade separated junction, Dorset
A35	Axminster bypass, Devon
A35	Chideock-Morecombelake bypass, Dorset
A35	Tolpuddle-Puddletown bypass, Dorset
A35	Yellowham Hill, Troytown improvement, Dorset
A259	Bexhill and Hasting western bypass, East Sussex
A259	Rye bypass, East Sussex

TABLE 3 (from National Roads Report England 1985)
Scheme (preparation work temporarily suspended)		Reason
A35	Winterbourne Abbas bypass, Dorset	Under active study
A35	Wilmington bypass, Devon	Under active study
A259	New Romney, Dymchurch, St. Mary's Bay and Hythe bypasses, Kent	To remain suspended pending further review

asked Her Majesty's Government:What was the total number of persons in civil employment, and employees in employment in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years for which figures are available, in each of the categories listed below:

The information is as follows:

asked Her Majesty's Government:What was the outcome of last week's meeting of European Ministers responsible for sport to discuss football spectator violence.

My honourable friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State represented the United Kingdom at an informal meeting of Ministers responsible for sport convened on Thursday, 27th June by the Secretary-General of the Council of Europe.

They agreed on a European convention on violence and misbehaviour at sports events, and in particular at football matches, and invited the Committee of Ministers to adopt and open for signature the convention at the earliest opportunity with a view to its coming in force in time for the next round of European football matches. They also request all governments entitled to do so to become parties to the convention as soon as possible.

They hope that the convention will be adopted and opened for signature by the Committee of Ministers later this month. A copy of the authenticated version of the convention will be placed in the Library of the House as soon as it is available. When in force, contracting parties will be obliged to:

• — co-ordinate the policies and actions of their Government departments and other public agencies against spectator violence and misbehaviour;
• — ensure that adequate public order resources are employed to counter outbreaks of violence and misbehaviour, near and inside grounds, and also along transit routes used by spectators; and facilitate cooperation and exchange of information between police forces of different localities;
• — seek to ensure that offenders (especially visiting supporters) are identified and prosecuted and that they receive appropriate penalties;
• — introduce procedures to identify problem matches in advance, and for effective co-operation between authorities and clubs on precautions and measures to be taken;
• — encourage the co-ordination of travel arrangements to inhibit potential troublemakers from leaving to attend matches;
• — encourage the use of stewards and supporters' clubs for crowd control and information;
• — press football and local authorities, stadium owners and clubs to take the necessary practical measures for problem matches—e.g. in the design, improvement and selection of stadia, segregation, alcohol control, ticket sales and the exclusion of drunks and troublemakers;
• — encourage football authorities to review their regulations continuously;
• — looking further ahead, take social and educational measures to promote the more positive side of sport—e.g. fair play and active participation;
• — establish a Standing Committee to police the operation of the convention and propose improvements.

The Ministers also agreed to propose to the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) that they should introduce binding requirements for both the use of stadia and the organisation of matches held under their auspices having regard to the provisions of the proposed convention. An official working group of the Council of Europe is to hold discussions with UEFA to prepare a draft memorandum of understanding which will give effect to these proposals. The group will report back as soon as possible to a future meeting of European Sports Ministers.