§ Mr. John Fraserasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, during the last five-year period for which figures are available, what was the annual tonnage of import quota licences issued initially each year under the dollar area banana import licensing quota scheme for the United Kingdom and the amount by which this was annually exceeded by supplementary allocations.
§ Mr. WigginQuotas to import bananas from the dollar area were issued as follows: (Tonnes)
Basic allocation 1975–76 4,000 1976–77 4,000 1977–78 5,910 1978–79 12,275 1979–80 18,100 Supplementary allocation 1975–76 45,500 1976–77 41,300 1977–78 55,750 1978–79 69,200 1979–80 115,766
§ Mr. John Fraserasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many supplementary quotas, and in what amounts, have been issued by his Department each week since the first day of August under the dollar import banana licensing scheme; and how these figures compare with the previous comparable equivalent period.
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§ Mr. WigginSupplementary quotas for import of bananas from the dollar area are issued on a monthly basis. The quantities were as follows:
1979 Tonnes 4 weeks commencing 29 July 4,800 5 weeks commencing 26 August 14,400 4 weeks commencing 30 September 5,000 4 weeks commencing 28 October 9,840 1980 Tonnes 4 weeks commencing 27 July 11,700 5 weeks commencing 24 August 22,516 4 weeks commencing 28 September 18,050 4 weeks commencing 26 October 14,400