HL Deb 23 October 2001 vol 627 cc118-9WA
Lord Clement-Jones

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether current progress on, and the content of, the draft European Union food supplements directive are satisfactory. [HL784]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health (Lord Hunt of Kings Heath)

The Government supported this draft directive when political agreement was reached in the Council of Ministers recently. The latest text includes a number of important and hard won concessions.