BSE Crisis

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 3:57 pm on 13 November 1996.

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Photo of Robin Cook Robin Cook , Livingston 3:57, 13 November 1996

The right hon. and learned Gentleman has now said twice that it is not possible to get an absolute timetable out of the European member states. Can he therefore explain why the Prime Minister said as late as 4 July that the ban would be lifted by November?