§ Mr. OnslowTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he anticipates that the draft European Community regulations on game meat are likely to be extended to apply to the sale of wild salmon and salmon trout.
§ Mr. GummerNo. I understand that it is not the Commission's intention to extend to fish its proposals for a regulation on rabbit and game meat.
The Commission is developing a separate proposal for fish hygiene which would apply to wild salmon and salmon trout.
§ Mr. OnslowTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will review the membership of his advisory committee on salmon stocks, following the inauguration of the National Rivers Authority.
§ Mr. GummerThe initial appointments to the salmon advisory committee were for a three-year term and this expires in November 1989 (chairman) and February 1990 (members). We shall therefore be considering the future membership of the Committee in the coming weeks. Members are appointed on anad hominem basis, having regard to their own particular knowledge and expertise; they do not represent any particular organisation even though the initial appointments to the committee were drawn from a wide variety of invited nominations from salmon interests.