§ 59. Sir Russell Johnstonasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs on how many occasions, on what subjects and by which countries the veto has been formally exercised in the Council of Ministers since 1973.
§ Mrs. ChalkerThere have been many occasions when decisions which could have been taken by majority vote have been deferred because one or more member state was opposed to them. It is not possible to make a clear distinction between those occasions when the Luxembourg compromise was formally invoked and those where it was tacitly applied.