HC Deb 07 February 1990 vol 166 c686W
23. Mr. Gill

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will set out his objectives for the forthcoming European Community intergovernmental conference.

Mr. Maude

Our objective is practical progress towards a robust and realistic form of economic and monetary union, with full regard to democratic accountability and the doctrine of subsidiarity.

85. Mr. Dykes

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he is satisfied with the progress being made in the EEC Council of Ministers on preparations for the December 1990 intergovernmental conference of the Community; and if he will make a statement on current proposals to augment the terms of reference and scope of the conference.

Mr. Maude

The Strasbourg Council noted the Commission's intention to submit, before April, a composite paper on economic and monetary union. The ECOFIN Council on 18 December 1989 asked the Monetary Committee to undertake further work and report in March. Our EC colleagues and my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs briefly discussed the work programme at the Foreign Affairs Council on 5 February. The Strasbourg Council decided that the intergovernmental conference would set its own agenda.

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