§ Mr. Prescottasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many trawlers and of what type were based in the port of Hull for each of the years since 1960.
§ Mr. Buchanan-SmithThe information requested is given in the table below:
§ Mr. Buchanan-SmithCaramel can be manufactured from sugar or glucose and when the EEC Common Market organisations for sugar and cereals were drawn up, before United Kingdom accession, caramel was placed within the sugar regime. I recognise that this arrangement does not correspond with modern methods of caramel production in the United Kingdom and elsewhere, and is currently causing problems for our manufacturers. We have drawn this matter to the attention of the Commission and 445W we are pressing the case for transferring caramel to the cereals regime.