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Michael Gove (Shadow Minister (Housing), Office of the Deputy Prime Minister; Surrey Heath, Conservative)

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what proportion of the EU budget will be spent on agriculture, including rural development, over the period 2007 to 2013; and what proportion of the EU budget was spent on agriculture, including rural development, in each year since 2000.

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Ivan Lewis (Economic Secretary, HM Treasury; Bury South, Labour)

The EU budget agreed by the European Council on 17 December for the period 2007–2013 will be €863 billion (in 2004 prices) on a commitments basis. Forty three percent. of this total is allocated to agriculture, including rural development (Heading 2). The comparable figures for the period 2000–2006 are:

Proportion of spending on agriculture (Heading 1)
2000 44
2001 46
2002 47
2003 47
2004 43
2005 43
2006 43

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