HC Deb 25 February 1992 vol 204 cc474-5W
Mr. Michael

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will list the organisations that the United Kingdom Government are consulting on the draft European co-operative statute, adopted by the European Commission in December 1991.

Mr. Sainsbury

[holding answer 24 February 1992]: The Government have not yet received a formal translation of the Commission's draft European co-operative statute. Consultation with interested bodies in the United Kingdom will take place as appropriate when we receive a formal proposal.