§ Mr. Spearingasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what information he has as to the role envisaged for the president of the European Commission and the second member of the Commission, respectively, at the forthcoming European Council at Copenhagen; and by what means proposals they place before the Council will be scrutinised and debated by the House.
§ Mrs. ChalkerThe president of the European Commission and a second member of the Commission will attend the next European Council in Copenhagen as provided in article 2 of the Single European Act which entered into force on 1 July. Commission proposals for submission to the Council will be deposited in Parliament in accordance with the standing arrangements for scrutiny by the House.