HC Deb 03 July 2002 vol 388 c350W
Lynne Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to her answer of 26 February 2002,Official Report, column 1128W, on domestic subsidies, by what date after the final date for the conclusions of negotiations her Department estimates export and trade distorting domestic subsidies will be phased out. [63429]

Mr. Morley

It is as yet too early in the WTO negotiations to forecast the likely scale and timing of reductions in these subsidies. The Government will continue to press for full and prompt implementation of the commitments made at Doha.