I represented the United Kingdom at the Agriculture and Fisheries Council meeting in Luxembourg on 24 and 25 October 2006. Ross Finnie, the Scottish Environment and Rural Affairs Minister, also attended. The Council reached political agreement on a Council Regulation fixing cod recovery measures and a range of separate fishing...

I represented the United Kingdom at the Agriculture and Fisheries Council meeting in Luxembourg on 24 and 25 October 2006. Ross Finnie, the Scottish Environment and Rural Affairs Minister, also attended. The Council reached political agreement on a Council Regulation fixing cod recovery measures and a range of separate fishing...

My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department (John Reid) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. The House will wish to know what arrangements will be in place here in the UK to support the accession of Romania and Bulgaria on 1 January. Global movement...

My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department (John Reid) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. The House will wish to know what arrangements will be in place here in the UK to support the accession of Romania and Bulgaria on 1 January. Global movement...

The House will wish to know what arrangements will be in place here in the UK to support the accession of Romania and Bulgaria on 1 January. Global movement is a fact of life. In the UK we have over 90 million visitors a year. This openness ensures we have...

The House will wish to know what arrangements will be in place here in the UK to support the accession of Romania and Bulgaria on 1 January. Global movement is a fact of life. In the UK we have over 90 million visitors a year. This openness ensures we have...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on what occasions since 1997 the UK has invoked the Hague Preference; what the (a) amount reserved and (b) increase in share was in each case; on how many occasions stocks were at a level where the Preference...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on what occasions since 1997 the UK has invoked the Hague Preference; what the (a) amount reserved and (b) increase in share was in each case; on how many occasions stocks were at a level where the Preference...

I will be representing the United Kingdom at this month’s Agriculture and Fisheries Council in Luxembourg. The Scottish Environment and Rural Affairs Minister, Ross Finnie, will also attend. The presidency will seek political agreement on Baltic sea total allowable catches and the effort control measures associated with total allowable catches...

I will be representing the United Kingdom at this month’s Agriculture and Fisheries Council in Luxembourg. The Scottish Environment and Rural Affairs Minister, Ross Finnie, will also attend. The presidency will seek political agreement on Baltic sea total allowable catches and the effort control measures associated with total allowable catches...

I am grateful for the opportunity to debate this issue under your chairmanship, Lady Winterton. It is an important topic that has concerned many in our constituencies, many of whom have been part of the Make Poverty History campaign, and it is of considerable importance to the developing countries that...

I am grateful for the opportunity to debate this issue under your chairmanship, Lady Winterton. It is an important topic that has concerned many in our constituencies, many of whom have been part of the Make Poverty History campaign, and it is of considerable importance to the developing countries that...

Like the Minister, let me say how pleased I am to serve under you guidance yet again, Lady Winterton. The first thing that needs to be highlighted about economic partnership agreements is the ambitious nature of the proposals that have been put together. They are immensely complex, and the aim...

Like the Minister, let me say how pleased I am to serve under you guidance yet again, Lady Winterton. The first thing that needs to be highlighted about economic partnership agreements is the ambitious nature of the proposals that have been put together. They are immensely complex, and the aim...

Let me be clear about why we believe that there has not yet been progress on the rules of origin. It has been because there is an impact assessment being made of the rules of origin in the review process which the European Commission has rightly put in place. Frankly,...

Let me be clear about why we believe that there has not yet been progress on the rules of origin. It has been because there is an impact assessment being made of the rules of origin in the review process which the European Commission has rightly put in place. Frankly,...

As always, the Minister is helpful and constructive in his intervention. He will be aware of the urgent need for us to find a resolution to the issue. It is hindering both development from within the developing nations and inward investment by the developed nations which wish to invest in...

As always, the Minister is helpful and constructive in his intervention. He will be aware of the urgent need for us to find a resolution to the issue. It is hindering both development from within the developing nations and inward investment by the developed nations which wish to invest in...

With the leave of the House, I shall try to answer some of the questions and points raised during the debate. I hope both Opposition spokesmen will forgive me if I start with the contribution of my hon. Friend the Member for Edinburgh, North and Leith (Mark Lazarowicz), because he...

With the leave of the House, I shall try to answer some of the questions and points raised during the debate. I hope both Opposition spokesmen will forgive me if I start with the contribution of my hon. Friend the Member for Edinburgh, North and Leith (Mark Lazarowicz), because he...

We have made clear our view that unless the six negotiating blocs want the Singapore issues to be part of the negotiations, they should not be part of them. It is clear that all the negotiating blocs are keen to discuss trade facilitation, which is one of the Singapore issues,...

We have made clear our view that unless the six negotiating blocs want the Singapore issues to be part of the negotiations, they should not be part of them. It is clear that all the negotiating blocs are keen to discuss trade facilitation, which is one of the Singapore issues,...

I am grateful for the Minister’s clarification, but it is interesting that not all EU countries in the new structure that must be brought on board are in agreement with what the Minister said about the Government’s position. We agree with the Government’s position and hope that the Minister and...

I am grateful for the Minister’s clarification, but it is interesting that not all EU countries in the new structure that must be brought on board are in agreement with what the Minister said about the Government’s position. We agree with the Government’s position and hope that the Minister and...

Thank you for calling me, Lady Winterton. It is great pleasure to participate in this important debate. I start by saying on behalf of the Liberal Democrats that there is a lot of consensus on this subject, and the Government, and perhaps the Opposition parties, deserve some credit for approaching...

Thank you for calling me, Lady Winterton. It is great pleasure to participate in this important debate. I start by saying on behalf of the Liberal Democrats that there is a lot of consensus on this subject, and the Government, and perhaps the Opposition parties, deserve some credit for approaching...

This is indeed an important debate on an important subject, particularly for developing countries. It is fair to say that if a network of economic partnership agreements is eventually established, it will be probably be more significant for relations between the EU and ACP countries than the original Lomé convention,...

This is indeed an important debate on an important subject, particularly for developing countries. It is fair to say that if a network of economic partnership agreements is eventually established, it will be probably be more significant for relations between the EU and ACP countries than the original Lomé convention,...

Westminster Hall debate on a motion for the adjournment on economic partnership agreements

Westminster Hall debate on a motion for the adjournment on economic partnership agreements

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether milk quotas may be traded between member states of the European Union.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether milk quotas may be traded between member states of the European Union.

SI 2006/1327 (Negative instrument). Together with an explanatory memorandum from Department of Environment Food and Rural Affairs. Coming into force 1 June 2006

SI 2006/1327 (Negative instrument). Together with an explanatory memorandum from Department of Environment Food and Rural Affairs. Coming into force 1 June 2006

My Lords, I am most grateful for being permitted to speak in the gap. I am in the happy position of being able to speak as the debate has been brought forward; the time originally envisaged for it would have made that impossible. I have listened with interest to the concerns expressed about...

My Lords, I am most grateful for being permitted to speak in the gap. I am in the happy position of being able to speak as the debate has been brought forward; the time originally envisaged for it would have made that impossible. I have listened with interest to the concerns expressed about...

Lords debate on unstarred question on whether the new European regime for the import of bananas is in the best interests of the United Kingdom.

Lords debate on unstarred question on whether the new European regime for the import of bananas is in the best interests of the United Kingdom.