§ Mr. Clifton-BrownTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will ask the European Commission to delay the implementation of the integrated administration and control system beyond 15 May.
§ Mr. CurryThe 15 May deadline for the lodging of area aid application forms is laid down in Community110W legislation. The European Commission insists that there can be no later date in order that detailed checks, including on-farm inspections, can be carried out while crops are still in the ground and before the end of the set-aside period, or in the case of forage areas during the period when the land is normally grazed. There is therefore no prospect of amending legislation to extend the deadline this year.