SUCKLER COW AND SHEEP QUOTA

That this House notes with concern the plight of farmers denied additional suckler cow and sheep quota because of excessively rigid rules and over-bureaucratic administration of the quota regime on the part of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food; applauds the Farmers Weekly 'Fair Deal' campaign aimed at helping these farmers; deplores Ministers' continuing refusal to use discretion and common sense in the resolution of this problem, in the manner of other EU member states; and calls upon the Government to break the quota log-jam by bringing new flexibility to the allocation regime.