§ Mr. VazTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on EC document COM(89)524 published in theOfficial Journal of the European Communities on 18 November.
§ Mr. Peter Lloyd[holding answer 7 December 1989]: The Commission's proposals for a directive on voting rights for Community nationals in local elections were the subject of an explanatory memorandum submitted by the Home Office to the Select Committee on European Legislation on 17 October 1988, copies of which are available in the Library.