HC Deb 07 March 2003 vol 400 c1288W
Mr. Rosindell

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment Food and Rural Affairs if she will make a statement on sales of British beef to French markets. [99736]

Mr. Morley

Beef produced under the Date-based Export Scheme (DBES) has been exported to several EU countries. However, because only one establishment is currently approved to produce DBES beef, information about export consignments is commercially confidential.

Since the French agreed to lift the ban lifted last year, British beef has been eaten at several high profile events in France, including at a lunch attended by the Prince of Wales in Paris on 6 February.