§ Mr. Silvesterasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is the Government's 142W response to the Commission of the European Communities' proposal for a Council regulation laying down procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission.
§ Mrs. ChalkerWe recognise the need to rationalise the wide variety of procedures at present in use for supervising the implementation of Council decisions. The United Kingdom and other member states have made it clear that any new arrangements must enable the Council to exercise adequate control over the implementation of its decisions. Any change to the existing procedures will require unanimous agreement.