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Common Agricultural Policy (26 Mar 1981): Dr Gavin Strang: ...production and its share of the world markets. I do not wish to be disparaging about the marketing experts and committees that the right hon. Gentleman has appointed. I do not think that they were appointed as a smoke-screen to deflect attention from some of the actions that many of us believe the Government should be taking to help British agriculture. One can appoint as many marketing...
European Community (Agriculture Ministers' Meeting) (31 Oct 1979): Dr Gavin Strang: Is the Minister aware that the Opposition, and some leaders of our fishing industry, are deeply anxious that the proposed high-level group of fisheries officials will be a smoke screen behind which the Prime Minister will negotiate a reduction in Britain's net contribution to the EEC budget in return for future concessions in the Fisheries negotiations? Will he go some way towards alleviating...

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