HC Deb 25 May 1989 vol 153 cc741-2W
61. Mr. Charles Wardle

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will make a statement on the future of the milk quota regime.

Mr. Donald Thompson

The European Council agreed in February 1988 to extend the present milk quota regime until March 1992 and invited the Commission to submit a report on its operation before the end of 1990–91 marketing year. I have been pressing for the future of the regime to be addressed by the Council of Agriculture Ministers as soon as possible.