§ Mr. MitchellTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 13 December 1999,Official Report, column 19W, on the jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice, if he will make a statement on the application of the Court's jurisdiction to those Member States which had not been party to any decision of the European Council taken under article 23 of the consolidated Treaty on European Union. [105133]
§ Mr. VazArticle 23 of the consolidated Treaty on European Union is not relevant to the jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice, which is governed by Article 36 of the Statute of the Court.