§ Mr. Conwayasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he is satisfied that sufficient time is allowed for applications to the dairy produce quota tribunal for England and Wales for a review of the estimation of secondary quotas by a local panel.
§ Mr. JoplingYes. The vast majority of appellants have succeeded in submitting their requests for review within the permitted 21-day period.
§ Mr. Conwayasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food on how many occasions the dairy produce quota tribunal for England and Wales has exercised its discretion in allowing applications for a 380W review of the estimation of secondary quotas by a local panel, when such applications did not conform to the present timetable.
§ Mr. JoplingI understand that a very small number of appeals which were received more than 21 days after notification of local panel decisions have been considered by the tribunal where the tribunal was satisfied that such consideration was justified by the circumstances.
§ Mr. Conwayasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many applications have been considered to date for a review of the estimation of secondary quotas by local panels of the dairy produce quota tribunal for England and Wales.
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§ Mr. JoplingUp to 13 February 1985, the dairy produce quota tribunal for England and Wales had received 5,738 appeals against the secondary quota decisions of local panels. Of these, 240 have so far been withdrawn by the appellants and 229 have been rejected as out of time. The tribunal completed the bulk of its hearings in England on 14 February and reached the same point in Wales today. I understand that the secretariat to the tribunal has so far identified fewer than 50 cases for which hearings cannot take place during February.
§ Mr. Conwayasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many applications for a review of the estimation of secondary quotas by the dairy produce quota tribunal for England and Wales have so far been considered.
§ Mr. JoplingThe Dairy Produce Quotas Regulations 1984 (SI 1984/1047) do not provide for a review of decisions made by the dairy produce quota tribunals.
§ Mr. Conwayasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many applications have been received from Shropshire for a review of the secondary quotas estimation by the local panels of the dairy produce quota tribunal for England and Wales.
§ Mr. JoplingI regret this information could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.