HC Deb 20 November 1997 vol 301 c275W
Mr. Jack

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in which EU member states dairy farmers in the less-favoured areas receive help under the terms of EC Directive 75/268/EEC.[16345]

Dr. John Cunningham

A working document produced by the European Commission last year indicated that in 1995 compensatory allowances were payable in all other Member States to farmers in less-favoured areas on limited numbers of dairy cows. No more recent information is available.