§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he expects changes in the milk co-responsibility levy to affect the provision of milk in schools.
§ Mr. CurryThe school milk subsidy is provided for in EC regulations and is wholly financed by the Community. The EC Commission allocates part of the receipts from the milk co-responsibility levy to offset the cost of this and a number of other subsidies in the milk sector. I understand that the Commission intends to use co-responsibility levy receipts to offset the cost of the school milk subsidy by 117 mecu in 1990–91—the same amount as in 1989–90. It would be for the Commission and the Council of Ministers to determine whether any future reductions in milk co-responsibility levy receipts should be reflected in the arrangements for the school milk subsidy.