HC Deb 28 November 1990 vol 181 cc431-2W
Sir Thomas Arnold

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commcnwealth Affairs what further progress he has made towards increasing the number of British citizens employed in the European Commission.

Mr. Garel-Jones

I refer my hon. Friend to the reply given by my right hon. and learned Friend the Minister of State, Privy Council Office to a question from my hon. Friend the Member for Isle of Wight (Mr. Field) on 29 October. The response to the European fast-stream scheme is encouraging but such measures inevitably require some time to take full effect.