HC Deb 16 March 1989 vol 149 c339W
14. Dr. Kim Howells

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what action he proposes to take to tackle fraud in the European Community.

Mr. MacGregor

I have regularly been raising the matter of fraud in the Council of Agricultural Ministers. I have suggested various lines of action at the February Council and I shall continue to press the European Commission and the Council of Ministers to strengthen the controls in agricultural legislation against fraud and to follow up vigorously the work done by the Court of Auditors.