§ Mrs. Ann WintertonTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to her answer of 20 March 2002,Official Report, column 375, on fish quotas, if she will make a statement on the relationship between the Shetland Island Council and (a) the Shetland Development Trust and (b) the Shetland Leasing and Purchasing Company; and how much money was expended by SLAP for the purchase of fish in the years (i) 1998 (ii) 1999 (iii) 2000 and (iv) 2001. [51443]
§ Mr. MorleyThe relationship between the Shetland Island Council, the Shetland Development Trust and Shetland Leasing and Property Ltd. (SLAP) was explained in the Official Journal of the European Communities for 12 February, (Official Journal, 12 February 2002, c. 38–39). As stated in my answer of 20 March 2002, Official Report, column 375. SLAP spent £2 million on quota purchase in 1998: there was no expenditure on quota purchase by SLAP in 1999, 2000 or 2001.