§ Mr. MacleanTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will oppose proposals in the Council of Ministers for the allocation of extra milk quota to Ireland and Spain. [88356]
§ Mr. Rooker[holding answer 28 June 1999]: The dairy reform proposals in the Agenda 2000 package agreed by the European Council on 24–25 March 1999 included specific allocations of milk quota to Italy, Spain, Greece, the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, and a 1.5 per cent. linear increase in quota, phased in over three years, for all other member states including the UK. The legal texts of the Regulations implementing this agreement were adopted by the Agriculture Council on 17 May 1999.