Mrs. Gillian ShepherdTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what progress is being made with regard to the abolition of monetary compensatory amounts for pigmeat; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Donald ThompsonThe proposal is to remove 3.2 percentage points of the United Kingdom pigmeat MCA, leaving it at 1.7 per cent. and making it our lowest MCA. I have agreed this in principle, provided that the package remains as it was in Luxembourg.