To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what discussions were held with (a) Ministers and (b) officials from other EU Governments at the October General Affairs and External Relations Committee in Luxembourg on economic partnership agreements; and if he will make a statement. (98476)

No formal bilateral discussions were held in the margins of the General Affairs and External Relations Committee in Luxembourg, although the UK, and other EU member states, raised issues surrounding economic partnership agreements during the General Affairs Council discussion.