§ Mr. Morganasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he is aware of the delay experienced by applicants for grant aid under the red meat industry scheme in obtaining approval of their applications; and whether he will take steps to expedite the consideration of all such applications.
§ Mr. Peter WalkerThe rules of the scheme require the financial and technical validity of the application to be established before grant is offered. While this must take some time, I am not aware of any undue delay in the processing of applications. I am writing to my hon. and learned Friend about the case he raised with me.