{"value":{"id":707156,"memberId":4161,"member":null,"memberRole":"Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Rural Affairs and Biosecurity ","uin":"HLWS515","dateMade":"2017-03-02T00:00:00","answeringBodyId":13,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs","title":"March Agriculture and Fisheries Council","text":"<p>My Hon. Friend the Minister of State for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (George Eustice) has today made the following statement.</p><p>Agriculture and Fisheries Council will take place on March 6 in Brussels. I will represent the United Kingdom.</p><p>As the provisional agenda currently stands, the primary focus of the Council will be an exchange of views on a Regulation establishing a multi-annual plan for small pelagic species in the Adriatic Sea.</p><p>There will also be an exchange of views on the future of the Common Agricultural Policy post-2020.</p><p> </p><p>There are currently five items scheduled under ‘Any other business’:</p><p> </p><ul><li><p>Our Ocean Conference – An Ocean for Life (Malta, 5–6 October 2017) (tabled by the Commission).</p></li><li><p>G20 Agriculture Ministers’ Conference (Berlin, 22 January 2017) (tabled by the German delegation).</p></li><li><p>European Solidarity Corps (tabled by the Commission).</p></li><li><p>Dual Quality Foodstuffs (tabled by the Slovakian delegation).</p></li><li><p>Update on the Animal Welfare Platform (tabled by the Commission).</p><p> </p><p>Until exit negotiations are concluded, the UK remains a full member of the European Union and all the rights and obligations of EU membership remain in force. The outcome of these negotiations will determine the future shape of a new UK-EU partnership.</p></li></ul>","house":"Lords","noticeNumber":0,"hasAttachments":false,"hasLinkedStatements":true,"linkedStatements":[{"linkedStatementId":707151,"linkType":"JointStatement","linkDate":"2017-03-02T00:00:00"}],"attachments":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Statements/707156","method":"GET"}]}