HC Deb 14 June 1994 vol 244 c435W
Mr. Harvey

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if she will provide additional quotas to newly established sheep farmers who had small quotas in their first year.

Mr. Jack

Newly established sheep farmers, depending on their circumstances, are able to claim quota under the following arrangements if theyClaimed premium for the first time in 1992, they will already have been allocated quota under special arrangements; Claimed premium for the first time in 1993, they were able to apply to the 1993 reserve, and we are currently considering their applications; Are newcomers to farming or first-time claimants in 1994 or subsequent years, they may apply to the 1994 or subsequent year's national reserve.