HC Deb 02 July 1992 vol 210 c692W
Mr. Cash

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what specific duties are to be imposed on citizens of the union including those in the United Kingdom under article G of the Maastricht treaty.

Mr. Garel-Jones

The provisions added to the treaty of Rome by the Maastricht treaty—articles 8 to 8e—which establish citizenship of the union refer to "duties" imposed by the treaty of Rome, but do not themselves impose any specific duties. The treaty of Rome in general, as amended by the Maastricht treaty, imposes no duties which do not flow from the direct effect of EC law.