New Zealand Lamb Quota

HC Deb 06 July 1998 vol 315 c416W

Mr. Jack

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when the New Zealand lamb quota will next be renegotiated. [47850]

Dr. John Cunningham

[holding answer 1 July 1998]: The current import quota for New Zealand sheepmeat was negotiated in the context of the GATT Uruguay Round. The basis for the quota is actual sendings in the years 1986–1988. The next round of World Trade Organisation multilateral trade negotiations will begin in 2000.