Beef Export Ban (Hansard, 20 July 1999)

HC Deb 20 July 1999 vol 335 c499W 499W

§ Miss McIntosh
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if the EU Commission has agreed to lift the beef export ban from 1 August. [91898]

§ Mr. Rooker
The European Commission has agreed that exports of boneless UK beef produced under the Date-based Export Scheme (DBES) may start from 1 August. The Commission announced this on 14 July, and my right hon. Friend the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food reported it to the House in his statement of 14 July 1999,Official Report, column 405–16.