HC Deb 03 March 1988 vol 128 c673W
42. Mr. Alex Carlile

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when he anticipates the European Community review of the European sheepmeat regime will be completed.

44. Mr. Macdonald

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will make a statement on current progress on reform of the sheepmeat regime.

51. Mr. Martyn Jones

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what discussions he is having in the European Community about the sheepmeat regime.

Mr. MacGregor

The recent focus of discussions in the Council on the review has been upon stabilisers for sheepmeat and other CAP regimes. Now that these have been agreed, I expect that further work will resume on the basis of the Commission's proposals of October 1987. The issues at stake are undoubtedly difficult and complex, and so it is not possible at this stage to say what conclusions will be reached.