Susan O'Keeffe (Labour)

In recent days there has been much criticism of the media. I take a moment to congratulate the BBC for its programme "All Roads Lead Home", broadcast last night, which celebrated natural navigation but in fact was a wonderful showpiece for County Mayo. It was absolutely delightful and was an hour long advertisement for that beautiful county. I praise the BBC for that. It shows the media can, at times, make a very positive contribution.

I ask the Leader to ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food to come to the House for a debate on the CAP proposals. The proposals will be the subject of discussion for many months to come but, as they have been published in their basic form, it is in the interests of this House to contribute to that debate. Although I suspect that debate may not occur for some time, I would like to put down a marker now and ask for it .