§ Mr. CashTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make it his policy that no notification shall be given that the United Kingdom assents to the amendment of any part of any protocol annexed to the treaty on European union unless a draft of the notification has first been approved by an Act of Parliament.
§ Mr. Garel-JonesAll the protocols associated with the treaty on European union will be annexed to the treaty of Rome and would form an integral part of that treaty. The protocols—and any later amendments—therefore require ratification by member states. In the United Kingdom 963W ratification does not require approval by an Act of Parliament but would only occur once any necessary domestic legislation was in place.