§ Mr. ButterfillTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many European Community directives have been(a) implemented, (b) not implemented and (c) infringed, by each European Community country; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. MaudeUnder the EC treaties it is for the Commission to monitor the implementation of Community legislation. The most recent information available on the implementation and application of Community law was contained in the fifth annual Commission report to the European Parliament (Official Journal of the European Communities, c. 310; volume 31 of 5 December 1988), a copy of which is available in the Library of the House. Publication of the sixth annual report is expected shortly.
In respect of single market measures alone, I refer my hon. Friend to the reply given on 9 January by my hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Corporate Affairs to my hon. Friend the Member for Corby (Mr. Powell), which gave details of implementation and confirmed the United Kingdom's excellent record.