§ Mr. SkinnerTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he has had with other EEC Foreign Ministers on moves towards political union.
§ Mr. HurdI and other EC Foreign Ministers attended the European Council in Rome on 27–28 October, which discussed the preparations for the intergovernmental conference on political union. My right hon. Friend the then Prime Minister reported on those discussions to this House on 30 October.