HC Deb 05 May 2000 vol 349 c242W
Mr. Yeo

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will estimate the cost of extending the Calf Processing Aid scheme beyond 1 August 1999 to the latest possible date allowed under European Union rules. [120601]

Mr. Nick Brown

The estimated cost of continuing to run the scheme until 31 December 1999 would have been about £24 million.