Oral question asked in the House of Commons, by Andrew Mitchell (Conservative). It was answered on Wednesday, 25 May 2005 on behalf of the Department for International Development.
Fair Trade
- Question
- Can the Secretary of State confirm that the value of direct EU export subsidies for agricultural goods sold to Africa over the past five years is well in excess of £15 billion? Are not those immoral export subsidies an engine of impoverishment for the developing countries of Africa as well as a total waste of European taxpayers' money?
- Answer
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They are indeed both those things. That is why we want to see an end to export subsidies and why we are arguing in the European Community for that end date to be 2010.
Secondary information
- Type
- Oral question
- Reference
- 434 c690
- Session
- 2005-06
- Oral question type
- Supplementary
- Chamber / Committee
- House of Commons chamber
- Subjects
- Developing countries Africa EU external trade Subsidies EU action Trade EU aid
- Link
- View this Oral question on www.publications.parliament.uk
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