§ Mr. TylerTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will review the allocation of responsibility for processing milk quota transactions to the Intervention board; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Jack[holding answer 25 October 1994]: The problems faced by the Intervention board in processing milk quota transfer and leasing transactions have been overcome. In a press statement on 27 October, the board's chief executive explained that excellent progress had been made in recent weeks and that within a few days of vesting day–1 November—the board will have processed all acceptable quota movements received by 31 October. The Government have every confidence in the Intervention board's ability to cope with the task of administering milk quotas and have no plans to review the decision to transfer responsibility for that work to the board from the milk marketing boards.