Common Agricultural Policy

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 4:16 pm on 15 May 1996.

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Photo of Ian Paisley Ian Paisley Leader of the Democratic Unionist Party 4:16, 15 May 1996

I appreciate the Minister giving way, and remembering that Northern Ireland is still a part of the United Kingdom. May I say that I welcome most heartily his plans about immediate storage? Northern Ireland has immediate capacity for storage, so why cannot the slaughter happen there tomorrow? We have to slaughter 6,000 head of cattle every week, and we could proceed now because we have the storage. Can he give the green light to that slaughter, if I might use that term[Laughter]—or perhaps an orange light would be better?