§ Mr. Spearingasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if, pursuant to his written answer of 29 January, Official Report, column 503, he will list in the Official Report the reductions and diversions of supplies by African, Caribbean and Pacific countries referred to and, for each African, Caribbean and Pacific cane sugar producer concerned, show any such reductions and diversions together with the respective quantites and reasons, including those by force majeure claimed as necessary.
§ Mr. Peter WalkerInformation is not available in the detailed form requested. In the year ending September 1980, the last full year for which figures are available, ACP sugar imported into the Community went to the following destinations:
'000 tonnes white sugar eq-uivalent United Kingdom 1,163 France 48 Ireland 39 Netherlands 2 Germany 1 1,253 Source—European Community Commission
As a result of failure to deliver the agreed quantities, the Commission has reduced the quotas of four countries—Congo, Surinam, Kenya and Uganda—by the amount of their shortfalls. However, these countries have claimed that the shortfalls were a result of force majeure; these claims are still being discussed.