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Mr. Maxton
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the dates of each meeting of the European Council of Ministers since 1973 which was attended by himself or junior Scottish Office Ministers, specifying the policy areas under consideration in each case. [33709]
Mr. Macdonald
Records of the meetings attended by Scottish Office Ministers between 1973 and 1987 were not collated and the information could be provided only at disproportionate cost. The information for 1988 onwards is as follows:
| Year | Scottish Office Minister attendance | Policy area of Council |
| 1988 | 5 | All Fisheries Councils |
| 1989 | 4 | Three Fisheries and one Regional Policy Council |
| 1990 | 4 | All Fisheries Councils |
| 1991 | 5 | Four Fisheries and one Agriculture Council |
| 1992 | 8 | Five Fisheries, two Agriculture and one Education Council |
| 1993 | 8 | Four Fisheries, one joint Environment/Transport, one joint Foreign Affairs/Agriculture, one Agriculture and one Justice and Home Affairs Council |
| 1994 | 8 | Six Fisheries, one Regional Policy and one Justice and Home Affairs Council |
| 1995 | 7 | Four Fisheries, one Agriculture, one Environment and one Justice and Home Affairs Council |
| 1996 | 15 | Eight Agriculture, five Fisheries and two Environment Councils |
| 1997 | 10 | Four Agriculture, three Fisheries, two Education and one Environment Council |