ACP Countries (Hansard, 9 March 1998)

HC Deb 09 March 1998 vol 308 c56W 56W

§ Mr. Faber
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what progress he has made during the Presidency of the EU on agreeing the EU mandate for the negotiations with the ACP countries on a successor to the Lome Convention. [33393]

§ Mr. Doug Henderson
The Commission presented a draft mandate to the Council on 29 January. The UK has been steering discussion of that draft in the Council. I believe that we have a good basis for reaching agreement on a mandate during our Presidency.