To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will publish in the Official Report a statement of forthcoming business in the European Community's Councils of Ministers.

The Foreign Affairs Council met on 10 and 11 January.The Economic and Finance Council may meet on 13 January. Ministers might consider further food aid to the former Soviet Union.The Agriculture Council will meet on 27 and 28 January. Ministers will continue to discuss the Commission's common agriculture policy reform proposals and any outstanding agriculture issues arising from the Uruguay round negotiations. Ministers may also discuss meat products.