§ Mr. BreedTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when she plans to meet her French counterpart to discuss the ban on British beef exports. [63526]
§ Mr. MorleyThe Secretary of State regularly raises the French Government's illegal ban on British beef with her French counterpart. The Prime Minister also made it clear when he met President Chirac on 19 June that he expected the new French Government to lift their ban on the import of UK date—based export scheme beef rapidly.