Fisheries Council

EDM number 80 in 2000-01, proposed by Patrick Nicholls on 12/12/2000.

That this House believes that the debate on the position to be taken by the Fisheries Minister at the meeting of the Fisheries Council in December is of vital importance to the fishing industry; notes that for this reason it has always been the practice to hold the debate on the floor of the House; notes that this year the debate was held instead in European Standing Committee A; notes with approval the assurance given by the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food that he sympathised with the objections expressed by committee members that the debate was not taking place on the floor of the House; notes with the approval that the Parliamentary Secretary said he would convey to the Leader of the House the view of the committee that the debate in European Standing Committee A was no substitute for a debate on the floor of the House; and calls upon the Leader of the House to ensure that such a debate takes place early in the New Year.

This motion has been signed by a total of 18 MPs.