§ Mr. Alex CarlileTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what proposals he has for measures to ensure that farmers in Wales are enabled before the end of the current year to ascertain their livestock quotas; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. RedwoodOver 90 per cent. of sheep and suckler cow producers in Wales have been notified of their quota allocations. The remaining producers' allocations are dependent upon their application for national reserve quota and the resolution of outstanding queries, some of which require clarification from the European Commission and some from the producers themselves. It is not possible, therefore, to predict with any certainty when all the remaining producers will receive their allocations.