§ Mr. Deakinsasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if the EEC intends to join the International Sugar Agreement.
§ Mr. GodberThe present International Sugar Agreement expires on 31st December 1973. The membership of the next agreement will depend on the outcome of the renegotiating Conference to be held later this year. At the UNCTAD conference held last year in Santiago, the EEC representative stated that the enlarged Community and its member States were ready to play an active part in the forthcoming negotiations for a new International Sugar Agreement in the most firm hope of joining it.