§ Mr. MacleanTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will list the issues which he (i) plans to raise and (ii) expects other states to raise at the Culture Ministers meeting on 18 and 19 May. [84677]
§ Mr. Alan Howarth[holding answer 18 May 1999]: I will be attending the informal meeting of EU Ministers responsible for cultural and audiovisual issues taking place in Weimar on 18 and 19 May.
The main issues which will be raised at that meeting are the Culture 2000 programme, culture and employment, European identity and history, self-regulation of the media at the European level, and the results of the consultations on the European Commission green paper on convergence.