HC Deb 20 November 1987 vol 122 cc695-6W
Mr. Teddy Taylor

To ask the Prime Minister what issues she intends to raise at the forthcoming meeting of the European Council in Copenhagen; and if she will make a statement.

The Prime Minister

I refer my hon. Friend to the reply that I gave him on 19 November.

Mr. Teddy Taylor

To ask the Prime Minister what information she has received from the European Economic Commission about the items on the agenda for the forthcoming European Council meeting in Copenhagen; and if she will make a statement.

The Prime Minister

The European Council at Copenhagen will be discussing the financial situation of the Community, the reform of the common agricultural policy and the strengthening of budgetary discipline.

Mr. Teddy Taylor

To ask the Prime Minister if she will make a statement on the proposals she intends to submit to the December meeting of the European Council on budgetary control and the common agricultural policy.

The Prime Minister

At the European Council I shall continue to make clear the need for agreement on effective and binding control over Community spending, in particular agricultural spending, through the strengthening of budgetary discipline and the introduction of stabilisers on agricultural commodities.