HC Deb 28 October 1997 vol 299 c795W
16. Mr. Loughton

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs for what reasons the agreement reached on quota hopping was not included in the Amsterdam treaty. [12129]

Mr. Doug Henderson

I refer the hon. Member to the statement made to the House by my right hon. Friend the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food on 18 June,Official Report, columns 331–44, at Amsterdam. Not a single member state was willing to support the protocol to the treaty proposed by the previous Administration.