§ Mr. HoodTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to her answer of 7 January 2003,Official Report, columns 81–84W, concerning the Agriculture and Fisheries Council on 16 to 19 December 2002, what the Government's stance was on each of the 11 key features of the Council's conclusions, embodied in the three new regulations on the common fisheries policy. [91774]
§ Mr. MorleyWe exerted strong pressure to secure the ending of subsidies for building new vessels at the earliest opportunity; retention of the coastal limits for a further period with a clear indication of expectation that they would continue beyond that; continuation of Hague Preference; and Regional Advisory Councils. On the rest of the key features we, with like-minded member states, generally gave steady support without which the points might not have been secured.