HC Deb 22 February 1989 vol 147 c619W
Mr. Sillars

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is the policy of Her Majesty's Government towards the further enlargement of the European Community.

Mrs. Chalker

We share in the consensus amongst member states that at least until 1992 the priority for the Community must be consolidation—in particular the completion of the single market and the full absorption of Spain and Portugal—not enlargement.