Western European Union

HC Deb 18 November 1987 vol 122 c592W

32. Mr. Knowles

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a further statement on Her Majesty's Government's policy towards participation in the Western European Union.

Mr. Mellor

We participate fully in all aspects of Western European Union work. Foreign and Defence Ministers regularly attend the biannual ministerial councils and a British Minister usually addresses WEU assembly sessions.

51. Sir John Biggs-Davison

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement about the future of the Western European Union.

Mr. Mellor

I refer my hon. Friend to the answer that I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Hampstead and Highgate (Sir G. Finsberg) on 2 November at column548.