§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Doncaster, Central (Ms Winterton) of 20 March 2001,Official Report, column 109W, on the treaty of Nice, if he will define the term "uniting of Europe"; and if he will indicate to which previous generations he refers. [156274]
§ Mr. Vaz[holding answer 30 March 2001]Europe has been divided for generations by wars and the Iron Curtain. Enlargement is an historic opportunity to end that division and entrench peace, stability, free markets and democracy across our continent.