Mr. PorterTo ask the Prime Minister if she will raise at the next meeting of the European Council the attendance of individual commissioners at meetings of backbench Members of the national Parliaments.
§ The Prime MinisterNo. Any such contacts would be a matter for Commissioners and national Parliaments.
Mr. PorterTo ask the Prime Minister what is her policy for negotiating proposals by the European Community Commission as between(a) the Commission in general and (b) with individual commissioners; and if she will make a statement.
§ The Prime MinisterProposals are put forward by the Commission as a whole. Generally, they are discussed in the Council with those commissioners responsible for individual measures, rather than with the whole Commission. The same goes for bilateral contacts.