§ Mr. PatersonTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will make a statement on prospects for the dairy industry. [95837]
§ Ms QuinThe UK dairy industry has faced a particularly difficult two years and this situation will not easily or quickly be reversed. But recent assistance from the Government in the form of a waiver of cattle passport charges, together with an ending to the uncertainty regarding Milk Marque, will go some way to helping the sector stabilise.