FOREIGN AFFAIRS COUNCIL, 16TH FEBRUARY

HL Deb 18 February 1987 vol 484 c1200WA

Baroness Carnegy of Lour

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they will make a statement on the outcome of the Foreign Affairs Council held on 16th February.

Baroness Young

My right honourable and learned friend the Foreign Secretary and my honourable friend the Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Mrs. Lynda Chalker) attended the Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels on 16th February.

The council discussed Commission proposals for new financial protocols for some of the Community's Mediterranean preferential partners. Discussion will continue at the March council.

The council discussed Commission proposals for a draft mandate for an EC/Hungary trade and economic co-operation agreement; and noted the Commission's wish for early adoption of its mandate.

The council discussed a continuation of the arrangements, agreed after the Chernobyl nuclear accident, limiting permissible contamination in food imported into the Community. Meeting in Political Cooperation, Foreign Ministers issued a statement on Palestinian camps in the Lebanon. A copy of the statement has been placed in the Library of the House.