HC Deb 07 July 1993 vol 228 c142W
Sir John Stanley

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many items of draft EC legislation, within the categories listed in the House of Commons demand form for European printed papers, are currently being progressed by the European Commission.

Mr. Heathcoat-Amory

The precise information requested is not readily available and could be provided only at disproportionate cost. However, the Commission's work programme for 1993–94 (SEC(93)58 final) and its legislative programme for 1993 (COM(93)43 final), deposited in the House of Commons on 18 February and 1 March respectively, show the items on which the Commission intends to bring forward proposals.