Milk Marketing Scheme (Hansard, 28 November 1994)

HC Deb 28 November 1994 vol 250 c528W 528W

22. Mr. Alan W. Williams
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will make a statement on changes in the milk marketing scheme introduced on 1 November.

§ Mr. Gwilym Jones
The essential features of the new arrangements were set out in the answer by my right hon. Friend the then Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food on 16 June,Official Report, columns 644–46. The necessary regulations were duly made and the new marketing arrangements came into effect on 1 November. Dairy Crest has not yet been floated on the stock market and remains in the ownership of the residual Milk Marketing Board.