asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will give the reasons why it was not possible to reach unanimous agreement within the EEC about the proposal to join the administrative International Sugar Agreement, and name the countries which prevented unanimity.

This question remains on the agenda of the Council. It would be inappropriate for me to comment on the positions adopted on it by the Governments of other member States. For their part, however, Her Majesty's Government continue to favour Community membership of the agreement.