§ Mr. Spellerasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will estimate how many litres of milk production will be available for redistribution as secondary quota if larger producers, who originally applied for the outgoers scheme, are now allowed to participate.
§ Mr. Jopling[pursuant to his reply, 14 January 1985, c. 27]: If all producers who wish to join the outgoers scheme were allowed to do so, the total amount of quota becoming available in England and Wales might be of the order of 350 million to 400 million litres—compared with the current objective of 289 million litres — depending upon the actual uptake rate.
§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will ensure that in the event of a milk quota allocated to a farm being transferred to another farm, the information about the transfer will be made known to the public and in particular to the farming unions and to local creameries.
§ Mr. MacGregorUnder the Community regulations, milk quota may be transferred from one farm to another only if an appropriate amount of land is also transferred. When transfers of this nature take place, all of the parties to the transaction are required to sign a form showing the amount of land and quota transferred. This form is then sent to the Milk Marketing Board so that the register of quotas can be updated. This register will not be complete until the processes to establish producers' final quotas have been finalised. It will then be available for inspection only by people with an interest in the holding concerned.