HC Deb 07 March 1990 vol 168 c699W
Mr. Tom Arnold

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs in respect of how many directives under the 1992 programme the United Kingdom is in default of implementing in due time.

Mr. Maude

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 these details and confirmed our excellent record.

Mr. Tom Arnold

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs in respect of how many European Community directives the United Kingdom is the subject of complaint by the Commission for failure to implement correctly.

Mr. Maude

The Commission issued 22 preliminary requests for information from the United Kingdom in 1989 about possible failures to implement EC directives. Twelve have already been clarified satisfactorily. On a further eight, we have provided the Commission with details of implementation; and shall do likewise for the remaining two.

The United Kingdom's implementation record is among the best in the Community.