§ Mr. Colin Shepherdasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what was the outcome of the Council of Agriculture Ministers meeting in Brussels on 28 March; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Peter WalkerTogether with my right hon. Friend the Minister of State, I represented the United Kingdom at the meeting of the Agriculture Council in Brussels on 28 March.
Because of Ministerial changes in France and Germany, the Council decided to defer any substantive discussion of the Commission's price proposals for 1983–84 until its next meeting, commencing on 18 April. In the meantime, it agreed to extend until 24 April the current marketing years for milk, beef, sheepmeat and dried fodder.