§ Mr. Lathamasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what attitude he is currently taking in the European Community Council of Ministers to the proposed draft directive Council of Ministers (78) 449 on construction products; what response he has had in any recent discussions with the United Kingdom construction and allied industries; and how many organisations have indicated that they see no useful purpose in continuing to discuss a draft directive which is five and a half years old, and not yet finalised.
§ Sir George YoungThe Government's view on the proposed European Community framework directive (78) 449 remains as set out in the answer given to my hon. Friend on Wednesday 1 December 1982 at column210. Representatives of the United Kingdom construction industry, with whom the directive was last discussed in November 1981, agreed with the Government's formal reserve on the commission proposal that implementing directives should be adopted by a procedure involving qualified majority voting.