Minister of Food and Agriculture Lars Peder Brekk of Norway

Brekk said Haga would return to Parliament as a MP for her party, if her health permitted.

That was after Norway's left-centre government coalition, of which Brekk is a member, had accepted proposed tariff cuts.

Brekk has said that's exaggerated, and has gone along with Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Stre's support for a WTO deal.

Brekk has said the deal under discussion in Geneva would still protect 70 to 80 percent of Norwegian agricultural production.

The minister for Agriculture and Food Lars Peder Brekk has stated his support for the proposed Universal Declaration on Animal Welfare (UDAW) in a letter to the international animal welfare organisation WSPA.

In his letter to the WSPA, the minister of Agriculture and Food Lars Peder Brekk expresses his support, in principle, for the proposed declaration.

Letter from Lars Peder Brekk to the UDAW (pdf, 53 kB)  Visit UDAW's websiteRead more about Animal Welfare at the Ministry of Agriculture and Food The minister for Agriculture and Food Lars Peder Brekk has stated his support for the proposed Universal Declaration on Animal Welfare (UDAW) in a letter to the international animal welfare organisation WSPA.

Agriculture Minister Lars Peder Brekk said the farmers organization's numbers were exaggerated.

Brekk has never held a ministerial post before.