HC Deb 20 October 1988 vol 138 c1004W
39. Mr. John Greenway

To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what progress has been made in the negotiations in Brussels on the review of the beef and sheepmeat regimes.

Mr. MacGregor

Little progress has been made on the basis of the proposals on sheepmeat produced by the EC Commission in October last year. The Commission has just presented proposals on beef and revised proposals on sheepmeat, but no texts are yet available. I expect negotiations to resume shortly.