§ Mr. CashTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the implications of article 8a of the Maastricht treaty for Britain's current immigration controls.
§ Mr. Charles WardleI refer my hon. Friend to the explanatory memorandum on the European Commission communication on abolition of border controls—6497/92—which was submitted to the EC scrutiny committees on 19 June and in which the Government's position on this matter is fully set out.