HC Deb 17 December 1984 vol 70 c35W
Dr. Roger Thomas

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what number of individuals serving on local panels allocating secondary milk production in Wales have detailed knowledge and experience of dairy farming.

Mr. MacGregor

Ministers have appointed as members of local panels persons of proven judgment and experience from many walks of life. A large proportion of all panel members have a detailed knowledge of farming, particularly dairy farming, and others have been professionally concerned with rural matters. In Wales 22 of the 33 panel members are or have been dairy farmers.