HC Deb 26 January 1993 vol 217 cc675-6W
Sir Donald Thompson

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what assessment he has made of whether the agreement on bananas reached at the Council of Agriculture Ministers on 17 December 1992 will be carried through and agreed unchanged by the Council by 1 March.

Mr. Channon

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what steps he is taking with the Danish Presidency and other Community members to ensure that the agreement on bananas reached in December 1992 should be carried forward along with the new single market regime for bananas; and what representations he had received from Caribbean Governments on this issue.

Mr. Curry

I understand that the Danish presidency will invite the Agriculture Council on 9–10 February to consider a complete text of the proposed common regime for bananas which incorporates the external trade provisions agreed by the Council under the United Kingdom presidency. My right hon. Friend the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food has had extensive contacts with a wide range of Caribbean interests about bananas.

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