§ Mr. SpearingTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if, in respect to the proposed amendments to the treaty of Rome proposed in title II of the treaty on European union, he will place in the Library a document showing for each of the current articles proposed to be amended, using distinctive type and deletion marks respectively, the changes proposed to each relevant article.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydTitle II of the treaty on European union, when read against the treaty of Rome, makes clear 365W how the latter treaty is to be amended: new articles are to be "inserted", certain articles are to be "repealed" and articles which are to be amended are "replaced" by new versions of the existing articles. The last category contains all the amendments to which the hon. Member refers. As was explained by my right hon. Friend in a letter to the hon. Member on 18 May, the Government do not intend to publish a consolidated version of the treaty of Rome as amended by the treaty on European union prior to the latter's entry into force. A copy of the letter was placed in the Library of the House.
§ Mr. SpearingTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will specify those other provisions of the treaty on European union, in the Cm. 1934 version, other than titles II, III and IV, which relate to those titles.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydThe question raised by the hon. Member is covered in the notes on clauses relating to the European Communities (Amendment) Bill which are available in the Vote Office.