HC Deb 30 January 1992 vol 202 c639W
Mr. Flynn

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will set out the reasons why no permanent site has been agreed to date for the European environment agency.

Mr. Baldry

A decision about location has been delayed because the agency is one of a number of new EC institutions yet to be sited somewhere in the Community. Agreement on the siting of the agency is at present dependent upon agreement on the package as a whole. The issue of where the European Parliament should meet in the future in particular is holding up progress.

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