HC Deb 21 February 1991 vol 186 c254W
25. Mr. Speller

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when he estimates that there will be full free trade in lamb and sheepmeat between the United Kingdom, France and the remaining EC countries.

Mr. Curry

Free trade within the EC and the establishment of a support system capable of allowing United Kingdom producers to compete on equal terms were key aims of the Government in the review of the sheepmeat regime in 1989. These remain the Government's aims during the transitional period before the reformed sheep regime becomes fully operational by the end of the 1992 marketing year at the latest.