Paddy comments on WTO meeting in Doha

Paddy Tipping spoke at a debate on the Doha Round of the World Trade Organisation talks.

An important but complex process must be resolved over a short period. Does my right hon. Friend accept that not just agriculture issues, but the opening up of services, are important in this context? Is there not a possibility of some trade-off involving those two modalities.

Modalities are specific commitments (involving rules and formulae) made by countries to get reduce subsidies and improve access to markets for other countries.