§ Mr. Geraint Howellsasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will institute an urgent review of the 1984 quota regulations which governed the appeals procedure for secondary quotas; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Nicholas EdwardsNo. However, in the light of the work done by the dairy produce quotas tribunal we are looking at those cases where the regulations do not provide for quota to be allocated. This review does not represent any interference in decisions taken by the tribunal on individual cases. It is simply an examination of the particular circumstances where the tribunal has been unable, because of the legal constaints upon it, to grant quota to producers. I can, of course, give no commitment as, to the outcome; even if new regulations were to be introduced, the necessary quota for reallocation could not be found from elsewhere than the national quota for the United Kingdom.