§ Mr. YeoTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many times the Agriculture Council has discussed CAP subsidies for tobacco farming since May 1997. [l53227]
§ Mr. Nick BrownThe Agriculture Council discussed the EU tobacco regime, including subsidies for tobacco growing, three times in 1998 and adopted a number of changes to the regime. The tobacco regime has also been raised on a number of other occasions since May 1997 during discussions on other regimes and CAP reform.