§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if, pursuant to his reply to the hon. Member for Newport, West,Official Report, 16 December, column 44, about closer contacts between the European and national Parliaments, he will now make it his policy to answer substantive questions on reports prepared for committees of the European Parliament on EC legislation and policy.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydI shall be happy to continue to provide replies when it is appropriate to do so.