§ Mr. SpearingTo ask The Prime Minister, pursuant his oral statement of 29 March,Official Report, columns 797-99 if he will state the treaty or other basis on which the Court of Justice of the European Community would be able to rule that, assuming accession to the Community of all applicant states—any decision reached by at least 68 votes —the Commission would be required to take any necessary initiatives stating the date and place when the document giving the basis for such a ruling was agreed.
§ The Prime MinisterThe obligation, in the Council decision on qualified majority voting, on the Commission and the presidency to take any initiative necessary to reach a solution adopted by at least 68 votes is justifiable in the European Court of Justice. The text of the Council decision has already been deposited in the Library of the House.
§ Mr. SpearingTo ask The Prime Minister, pursuant to his oral statement of 29 March,Official Report, columns 797-98, concerning extension of a proposal blocking minority of 27 votes in an enlarged European Community Council of Ministers, if he will state, precisely, the nature of the qualifications now agreed, where they are available in written form, and published, and by whom they are authenticated.
§ The Prime MinisterThe text of the Council decision on qualified majority voting has already been deposited in the Library of the House.