§ Mr. YeoTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what progress has been made towards the target set by her Department in 1998, to enable transposition of 98 per cent, of EU Single Market measures into UK law by the end of 2000. [83691]
§ Ms Hewitt[holding answer 26 November 2002]: The UK had transposed 97.3 per cent of EU single market measures due by November 2000. By March 2002, we had exceeded the 98 per cent, target (with 98.7 per cent). Our score in May 2002 was 98.5 per cent, and the November 2002 score was 98.6 per cent.