§ Mr. David YoungTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, since 18 June 1989, how many communications he has received from Members of the European Parliament that concern local or United Kingdom matters; and if he will make it his practice, where such matters are involved, to provide the hon. Member for the local constituency with a copy of the correspondence and the reply for information.
§ Mr. PortilloMinisters at the Department of Transport have received 54 written communications from Members of the European Parliament since 18 June 1989 that concern local or United Kingdom matters.
If there is no Community content at all in the MEP's letter and a constituency interest predominates, it is our 612W general practice to suggest that the MEP should refer the case to the hon. Member for the constituency concerned. As with other correspondence, replies to MEPs' letters would normally be copied to the hon. Member concerned only if the MEP had himself copied his letter in this way.