§ Baroness LLEWELYN-DAVIES of HASTOEMy Lords, a Statement is being made in another place today about Business to be taken in the EEC Council of Ministers during April. With the leave of the House, I will, as usual, arrange for the Statement to be made available in the Official Report.
§ The Statement referred to is as follows:
§ "With your permission, Mr. Speaker, I will make a Statement about business to be taken in the Council of Ministers of the European Community during April. The monthly forecast for April was deposited yesterday.
§ "At present four meetings of the Council of Ministers are proposed for April. Foreign Ministers will meet on 14th-15th; Finance Ministers on 21st; Energy Ministers on 24th and Agriculture Ministers on 28th–29th April.
§ "At the Foreign Affairs Council, Ministers will have before them a Report on the completion of the negotiations of a trade agreement with Israel. They will also have a report on the present state of the negotiations with the Maghreb. In addition there will be an initial discussion of the draft mandates for negotiation with the Mashraq. Ministers will also consider Commission proposals on raw materials; supplementary budget Nos. 1 and 2 for 1975, the former principally covering the Regional Development Fund, and the preparations for the conference on consumer/ producer relations.
§ "The agenda for the Finance Ministers Council has not been finalised; but Ministers are expected to discuss, among other things, the economic situation in the Community and gold.
§ "The agenda for the Energy Council has yet to be decided, but it could include consideration of two draft Decisions on measures to be taken in the event of oil supply difficulties; a draft Regulation on common rules 1291 for the import and export of hydrocarbons; a draft Regulation concerning support for Community projects in hydrocarbon exploration and further consideration of a draft Directive on the maintenance of minimum stocks of fuel at power stations. It is also likely that Ministers will discuss Commission proposals on energy Research and Development, as well as a draft Resolution on the fixing of a short-term objective for energy saving.
§ "Agriculture Ministers will give further consideration to the Commission's stocktaking of the CAP. They are also likely to deal with various health and hygiene matters concerned with the marketing of milk and poultry, measures for dealing with exotic animal diseases, and the non-member countries from which fresh meat and livestock may be imported".