LORDS

EU Sugar Regime

The House of Lords EU Agriculture, Fisheries, Environment and Energy  Sub-Committee, chaired by Lord Carter of Coles, conducted a follow up inquiry into the EU Sugar Regime. A report was published on 4 September 2012.

The inquiry will focus on sugar reform in the EU looking at it through the lens of the Common Agricultural Reform (CAP) package. The findings of this short inquiry will feed into discussions in Brussels about sugar reform measures.

Issues the Committee expect to cover during the short inquiry include:

  • the abolition of quotas and other market management measures by 2015, and whether there is a case for a transitional period;
  • the governance of inter-professional agreements;
  • the impact on third country producers and potential mitigation that may be required, including why there has been variable disbursement of compensation already made available to mitigate the impact of the earlier reform; and
  • the extent to which the EU price reduction has been passed on to consumers.

News

Publications

Title Date published
4th Report - Leaving a bitter taste? The EU Sugar Regime | PDF version 4th Report - Leaving a bitter taste? The EU Sugar Regime (PDF) 04 September 2012
EU Sugar Regime - Evidence (PDF) 23 July 2012

Members interests

Members' interests in relation to this inquiry

The Members of the EU Agriculture, Fisheries, Environment and Energy Sub-Committee have declared the following interests in relation to this inquiry:

Members are required to register any financial and non-financial interests that a reasonable member of the public might think would influence their actions in Parliament. The full text of the Register is available online: