§ Mr. SpringTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what position the United Kingdom has taken in the IGC discussions on the issue of 119W creating new specific legal bases for the areas covered by Article 308, as set out in the document CONFER 4780/00. [128130]
§ Mr. Vaz[holding answer 3 July 2000]: As the Government have made clear, this IGC is about reform for enlargement of the EU. In this context, we are sceptical about the need to look at specific legal bases for areas covered under Article 308.