§ 36. Mr. Knoxasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will make a statement on progress made on the outgoers scheme for dairy farmers.
§ Mr. JoplingTo date invitations have been sent to a total of 3,920 producers. By 8 February, 1,273 producers had decided to go out of production and they will, on a full year basis, surrender a total of 160 million litres. As other producers come to make their decisions, some will no doubt drop out, thereby allowing offers to be made to others. I have no reason to suppose that we will not be able to reach our target of 289 million litres.