§ Mr. GillTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will make it his policy within the Council of Ministers to support the resolution of the European Parliament to debate the reference to animal category in the proposed labelling directive. [131248]
§ Ms QuinOn 17 July the Agriculture Council, with the strong support of the UK, decided unanimously to accept the amendments to the new rules on beef labelling proposed by the European Parliament. This means that beef will not have to be labelled with the category of animal from which it is derived.