Council of Agriculture Ministers

HC Deb 30 October 1986 vol 103 c252W

14. Mr. Cunliffe

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will make a statement on progress on his priorities as President of the Council of Ministers.

27. Mrs. Clwyd

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will make a statement on progress on his priorities as President of the Council of Agriculture Ministers.

Mr. Jopling

My priority as president is the expeditious handling of the Commission's proposals for CAP reform, particularly of the beef and dairy regimes, and of measures which contribute to the completion of the internal market.

25. Mr. Maclennan

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will make a statement about the decisions taken by the Council of Agriculture Ministers since he assumed the Presidency.

Mr. Jopling

I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to him by my right hon. Friend the Member for Suffolk, Coastal (Mr. Gummer) on 16 July, at column 555, and to press notices issued by my Department on 17 September and 16 October, recording the outcome of the September and October Agriculture Councils respectively, copies of which have been placed in the Library of the House.