§ Mr. Baldryasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if all successful special case claimants will be given all the milk quota they ask for.
§ Mr. JoplingMilk producers whose successful applications are based on the six "exceptional events" described in the Community regulations are entitled to have their quotas recalculated on a different base year. Wholesale producers in this category have the first main call on the 2.5 per cent. reserve of dairy quota. Producers who can show that they were committed before 1 March 1984 to significant capital investments aimed at increasing milk output from their holdings have the second main call, to the extent necessary to cover the increase in their 1984–85 production over their average production in their base years.
Should the reserve not be fully exhausted by these claims, the remainder would be available for redistribution to other categories of producers. But in view of the large number of producers known to have been investing to increase their output, it is more likely that the reserve will be insufficient to meet all special case claims in full. In this event, after the exceptional event claims have been met in full, each successful applicant with an investment claim will receive a standard percentage of that claim which ensures that the total allocated does not exceed the total available in the reserve.