§ Mr. CryerTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether additions to the list of free EEC butter distributors are being made; what is the criteria for an organisation to be eligible; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. RyderMy right hon. Friend the Member for Suffolk, Coastal (Mr. Gummer) announced to the House that 127 organisations had been designated to distribute produce to the most needy. These organisations were designated to participate for the two years 1988 and 1989. The conditions with which they had to comply were outlined in my reply to the hon. Member for Belfast, South (Rev. Martin Smyth) on 19 October 1988. We are currently consulting designated organisations about their allocation of produce for 1989 but only in exceptional circumstances could we consider making any additions to the list of those organisations.