§ Mr. EvansTo ask the Prime Minister in which policy areas the United Kingdom will consider giving up its veto under the new European Constitution. [122580]
§ The Prime MinisterMore Qualified Majority Voting is essential to push through our solutions to Europe-wide problems in key areas, such as immigration and asylum. But we have areas on which we would not be prepared to move away from unanimity. As we made clear in the Convention, we would not agree to any changes on common foreign arid security policy, defence, taxation or social security which would threaten the national interest.