§ Mr. Wattasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what steps are being taken to ensure that the skimmed milk powder regulations will end as promised on 31st October 1976.
§ Mr. BishopRegulation (EEC) No. 563/76, which introduced this scheme, provides for the lodging of securities in respect of vegetable protein to end on 31st October, but also empowers the Council to extend the system if by that date the objective of a considerable reduction in stocks of skimmed milk powder has not been met. No proposal for any such extension has, however, yet been made.