HC Deb 29 October 1996 vol 284 cc89-90W
Sir Teddy Taylor

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will place in the Library a copy of the proposal by the EU Commission to reduce the payment rate for animals under the slaughter scheme which was agreed to by the beef management Committee. [193]

Mr. Baldry

Copies of the Commission regulation, EC No. 1974/96 of 15 October 1996, which will reduce the rate of payment from 1 ecu to 0.9 ecu per kg liveweight on eligible animals slaughtered under the over-30 month scheme, have been placed in the Library.