§ Mr. Ron DaviesTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many United Kingdom dairy farmers who participated in the milk non-marketing scheme or the dairy herd conversion scheme subsequently made an application for quotas to his Department between 31 March 1984 and 31 July 1988.
§ Mr. Donald ThompsonFor the vast majority of producers, the dairy produce quotas regulations provided for applications for quota to be made between 24 July and 28 August 1984. In England and Wales, well over 20,000 valid applications were received. It would be disproportionately expensive to estimate the number of these which were received from farmers who had participated in the non-marketing or dairy herd conversion schemes.
120Whave defined such persons as those in receipt of income support or family credit, and those of no fixed abode or living in welfare hostels.
§ Mr. Ron DaviesTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list those voluntary organisations participating in the free food scheme.
§ Mr. RyderThere are 127 organisations designated to operate the scheme in the United Kingdom. A list of the organisations was deposited in the Library of the House on 21 April 1988.
§ Mr. Ron DaviesTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what information he has as to in what respect the British scheme of free food distribution differs from that in other European Economic Community countries.
§ Mr. RyderNo detailed up-to-date information is available but according to information gathered in March 1988, the various member states intended to operate the scheme as shown in the attached table.