§ Mr. AncramTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the Government's understanding of the meaning of the phrase "political union" in the Laeken declaration; and if he will cite the previous occurrences of that phrase in documents agreed by the European Council. [67793]
§ Mr. StrawI refer the right hon. Member to the answer my right hon. Friend the Minister for Europe gave to the hon. Member for West Suffolk (Mr. Spring) on 2 July 2002,Official Report, column 273W.