HC Deb 18 December 1991 vol 201 c185W
32. Mr. Gill

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what definition of subsidiarity it is his policy to accept in the context of EC union.

Mr. Garel-Jones

We strongly endorse the definition of subsidiarity agreed at Maastricht. This is a clear, justiciable definition which states that the Community shall take action only if the objective cannot be sufficiently achieved by the member states.

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