§ Mrs. GormanTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what action he has taken to alleviate the fears of small chicken breeders and hatcheries regarding the impact on their business of the fees levied under the Poultry Flocks, Hatcheries and Processed Animal Protein (Fees) Order 1990.
§ Mr. MacleanI have agreed to delay the introduction of charges for the registration of poultry breeding flocks and 603W hatcheries until 1 June 1990. Existing units registered before that date will, therefore, not be charged for their initial registration. I have also sought to minimise the impact on small units by relating the fees for the taking or supervision of taking of samples to the time spent. This will mean that the costs to the producer are generally proportionate to the size of the enterprise.