HL Deb 15 January 2001 vol 620 cc119-20WA
Lord Jopling

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they will set out the number of meetings of the European Fisheries Council in each year since the creation of the Common Fisheries Policy, together with the number of times the United Kingdom was represented in each year by a Cabinet Minister, including instances where the Minister was acting as President of the Council. [HL243]

Baroness Hayman:

This information is not readily available. However, the records we currently hold indicate that the number of meetings of the European Fisheries Council since the creation of the Common Fisheries Policy is as follows:

Year Number of Meetings
1983 N/A
1984 N/A
1985 3
1986 4
1987 3
1988 6
1989 4
1990 3
1991 1
1992 5
1993 1
1994 3
1995 4
1996 5
1997 3
1998 4
1999 5
2000 2

Information on attendees is available only from November 1992. Of these, a Cabinet Minister has represented the UK on four occasions since 1992. On three of these the Minister was acting as President of the Council (December 1992, March 1998 and June 1998).