§ 26. Sir Hector Monroasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how much quota has been surrendered under the outgoers scheme to date.
§ Mr. JoplingTo date, producers have committed themselves to surrender 223.1 million litres of quota (on a full year basis) in the United Kingdom as a whole.
§ 39. Mr. Knoxasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will make a statement on progress made on the outgoers scheme for dairy farmers.
§ Mr. JoplingTo date, invitations have been sent to 4,200 producers in England and Wales. by 8 March, 1,360 producers had decided to go out of production and they will, on a full year basis, surrender a total of 190 million litres. As other producers come to make their decisions, some will no doubt drop out thereby allowing offers to be made to others. I have no reason to suppose that we will not be able to reach our target of 289 million litres.