HC Deb 23 January 1985 vol 71 cc444-5W
43. Miss Boothroyd

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what progress has been made in implementing the Fontainebleau agreement.

Sir Geoffrey Howe

The enlargement negotiations with Spain and Portugal are entering their final phase. A text implementing the Fontainebleau conclusions on budget discipline has been formally adopted. The United Kingdom's 1983 refund has been paid. The two adhoc committees set up at Fontainebleau — on institutional affairs and a people's Europe — are completing their work and will report to the March European Council.