§ Mr. SpearingTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs which areas of action or competence of the proposed European union incorporated in the draft treaty or treaties tabled by the Dutch presidency and discussed by the Council of Ministers on 30 September 1991 were not included in the treaty on European union signed at Maastricht in December 1991.
§ Mr. Garel-JonesThe draft treaty tabled by the Dutch presidency in September 1991 differed from that signed at Maastricht essentially in including all areas of cooperation within amendments to the treaty of Rome and thus within Community competence. For example, the Dutch draft made immigration and foreign and security policies matters within Community competence rather than intergovernmental as under the Maastricht treaty.