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World Food Conference

Volume 131: debated on Tuesday 12 April 1988

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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if Her Majesty's Government were represented at the recent world food conference in Brussels organised by the President of the Parliament of the European Economic Community; if he will place any documents circulated prior to, during, or subsequent to the conference in the Library; and what representations were made by Government Departments.

The world food conference, which was organised by Lord Plumb as a personal initiative, was attended by a senior Foreign Office official who delivered a speech on my behalf and a message from my right hon. Friend the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. Copies will he placed in the Library of the House.