HC Deb 18 January 1993 vol 217 c17W
47. Mr. Corbyn

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what action is being taken to enable ACP countries to get real increases in prices paid for primary products.

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

Prices for primary products are primarily determined by international markets. We participate, however, in the European Community's Stabex and Sysmin schemes under the Lomé convention to help compensate African, Caribbean and Pacific countries for falls in their commodity export earnings.

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