§ Mrs. EwingTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will place in the Library his draft programme for the British presidency of the EU. [7699]
§ Mr. Doug HendersonI have placed the provisional Calendar of Council meetings during the UK presidency in the Libraries of the House. A revised version will be produced in the autumn. Key events during the UK Presidency will include (dates remain to be decided):
Draft Programme Early January: Visit to London by the College of Commissioners February/March Event in London to mark the formal start of the EU enlargement process Spring Council of Heads of State or Government to decide the participants in Stage III of Economic and Monetary Union 15–16 June European Council in Cardiff There will in addition be a number of informal Ministerial Councils held in the UK.