EU Enlargement

HC Deb 12 December 2000 vol 359 cc120-1W

35. Mr. Leigh

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on prospects for enlargement of the EU following the Nice summit. [141996]

Mr. Vaz

The Nice European Council agreed to give a new impetus to accession negotiations and ensured, by concluding the IGC, that the EU will be ready to receive new members from 2002.