HC Deb 02 November 1993 vol 231 cc152-3W
Mr. Kirkwood

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the total loss of quota income suffered by sheep producers in Scotland as a result of the introduction of the new EC sheepmeat regime, showing the regional distribution of the income lost.

Sir Hector Monro

[holding answer 25 October 1993]: As the rate of sheep annual premium for the 1993 marketing year, the first year in which the quota system operates, will not be finalised until early in 1994, I am unable to say whether there will be any drop in sheep producers' incomes.

Mr. Kirkwood

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many sheep producers in Scotland have been deprived of sheep quota by the new EC sheepmeat regime.

Sir Hector Monro

[holding answer 25 October 1993]: Until all the allocations of sheep annual premium quota have been completed, including those from the national reserve, I am not in a position to indicate whether any sheep producers in Scotland will receive no quota allocation.

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