HC Deb 21 January 2004 vol 416 cc1284-5W
Mr. Bercow

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what evidence she has collated on the use of national and regional labelling schemes as a protectionist barrier to trade. [149073]

Mr. Mike O'Brien

There is no central body of information listing national and regional labelling schemes. However, we work closely with the European Commission to secure the removal or amelioration of labelling schemes that are unnecessarily trade restrictive.