Written question asked by Baroness McIntosh of Pickering (Conservative) on Monday, 1 November 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 15 November 2004. It was answered by Alun Michael (Labour) on Monday, 15 November 2004 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on how UK sugar growers will be affected by compensation arrangements under the EU Sugar Regime.

Answer: Miss McIntosh: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will make a statement on how UK sugar growers will be affected by compensation arrangements under the EU Sugar Regime. [195985] Alun Michael: The European Commission's preferred approach to sugar reform envisages decoupled direct income support for all EU sugar producers on a similar basis to payments under the June 2003 CAP reform arrangements. In the absence of detailed legislative proposals it is not clear how these arrangements will work or what their impact in the UK may be.

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