HC Deb 17 March 1993 vol 221 c308W
31. Mr. Riddick

To ask the President of the Board of Trade when he last attended a Council of Ministers meeting to discuss industrial trends within Europe.

Mr. Heseltine

I chaired the meeting of the Council of Industry Ministers during the UK Presidency of the EC on 24 November 1992. The meeting discussed a wide range of industrial issues, including Commission ideas on restructuring the Community steel industry and Community policy on small and medium-sized enterprises.