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71 results found for '"John Gummer"' in Contributors.
British beef safe to eat (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Debate
Agriculture Minister John Gummer stresses to the Commons Agriculture Committee that British beef is safe to eat amid fears over BSE and responds to Conservative MP Paul Marland’s call for a lift on the...
Beef is safe to eat (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Stephanie West reports on the BSE scare, claims media blew it out of proportion and the announcement that beef is safe to eat by the Commons Agriculture Committee report. Includes interviews with Committee...
Conservative conference (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Sally Arthy reports on a speech by Agriculture Minister, John Gummer, at the Conservative Party conference, attacking French farmers for setting fire to British sheep in protest at cheap imports. Also on...
EC fails to agree farming subsidy cuts (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
John Fraser interviews John Gummer, UK Agriculture Minister, about the failure of European Community farm and trade ministers to agree cuts in subsidies to farmers during talks in Luxembourg. It was the...
GATT negotiations stall (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
John Fraser talks to UK farm minister John Gummer about the GATT (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade) talks stalling at a conference in Brussels. He denies European agricultural policy was the main...
GATT talks fail (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
John Fraser reports on the failure of the GATT (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade) negotiations conference in Brussels with countries blaming each other. Bryan Cassidy MEP says the Irish and French...
GATT crisis talks collapse in Brussels (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Speech
EC Agriculture Commissioner, Ray MacSharry, and British Farm Minister, John Gummer on the collapse of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) talks in Brussels. European correspondent John Fraser...
New restrictions on fishing industry (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
John Fraser interviews Agricultural and Fisheries Minister John Gummer in Brussels on the new EC measures for saving Europe’s waters from over-fishing. He claims British fishermen do have a future despite...
BSE threat to British farming (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Simon Bowden reports on the dangers of BSE with Germany banning UK beef imports and lack of proper compensation to farmers for infected cattle. And on the need for research to determine if the disease can be...
German ban on British beef (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
John Fraser interviews Agriculture Minister John Gummer on his failure to get the ban on British beef lifted in West Germany following the outbreak of BSE and a meeting of EC agriculture ministers.