HC Deb 13 April 1999 vol 329 c24W
Mr. Maclean

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the answer of 24 March 1999,Official Report, column 299, if he has requested UK participation in aspects of the Schengen Agreement under Article 4 of the Protocol. [80108]

Kate Hoey

A formal application for participation under Article 4 of the Protocol integrating the Schengen acquis into the framework of the European Union can be made only once the Treaty of Amsterdam comes into force.