§ Mr. LivseyTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will renegotiate the stabiliser mechanism in the Council of EU Ministers, with regard to the payment of livestock premiums. [27066]
§ Mr. RookerThe Government have no plans to raise with their European counterparts the question of the removal of the stabiliser mechanism for Sheep Annual Premium. The budgetary consequences of such removal would be significant.