Common Agricultural Policy (Hansard, 29 February 1996)

HC Deb 29 February 1996 vol 272 c684W 684W

§ 13. Sir Teddy Taylor
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will raise at the next meeting of the Agriculture Council the size of the CAP budget for 1996. [16109]

§ Mr. Baldry
The CAP budget situation forms part of the Council's current considerations of the 1996–97 price fixing proposals.

§ 15. Mr. David Shaw
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what progress is being made on making the operation of the common agricultural policy more effective and more efficient. [16111]

§ Mr. Baldry
The European Commission has now accepted our view that the CAP must change. But neither it nor the majority of member states are yet convinced of the need for the fundamental reform for which we are pressing.