§ Mr. GillTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what was the outcome of the Agriculture Council held in Luxemburg on 26 and 27 April.
§ Mr. GummerThe meeting of the Agriculture Council of 26 and 27 April, at which I represented the United Kingdom, again considered the Commission's proposals for farm prices and related measures for 1993–94 but reached no conclusion and will resume its discussions at its May meeting. I stressed the overriding need for the Council's decisions to keep within the tight constraints on Community expenditure.
During the discussion I urged the Commission to come forward as soon as possible with a proposal for non-rotational set-aside of arable land and it undertook to do so in time for the Council's next meeting.
The Council formally adopted a decision, agreed in principle at its March meeting, to end the milk co-responsibility levy from 1 April 1993.