HC Deb 18 April 2002 vol 383 cc1057-8W
21. Mr. Nicholas Winterton

To ask the Secretary of is State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will make a statement on the French ban on imports of British beef. [46531]

Mr. Morley

The ban is illegal and the European Commission have written formally to the French Government. This is the first stage in a process which may lead to a further European Court case against France.