HC Deb 30 January 1990 vol 166 c145W
Mr. Teddy Taylor

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will invite the EEC Commission, at the next meeting of the Agricultural Council, to produce measures on animal welfare with particular regard to the banning of bull fights; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Maclean

The Commission has already produced measures on animal welfare and is preparing others. The EEC treaty contains no legal basis for justifying Community intervention on bull-fighting.