§ Mr. SalmondTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (1) if he will give details of the methodology used to determine how much of the £25 million decommissioning package announced for the United Kingdom fishing fleet is to be allocated to the Scottish fishing fleet; and if he will make a statement;
(2) if he will give details of how the £11.25 million of the decommissioning package allocated to the Scottish fleet is to be divided between sectors; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Austin MitchellTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (1) if he will publish the basis of the calculations on which the proportion of the £25 million decommissioning fund to be allocated was decided as between English and Scottish allocations; and if he will make a statement;
(2) how the proportion of his decommissioning package allocated to the English fleet is to be divided (a) between sectors and (b) between ports; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. CurryThe Government will shortly be laying a statutory instrument before Parliament setting out the rules for the decommissioning scheme. It is proposed that, 717W in order to secure the best value for money, vessel owners should be invited to submit tenders, and funds will be allocated accordingly irrespective of port of registration. It follows that there will be no sub-division of the funds on a territorial basis.