§ Ms. PrimaroloTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many copies of the Maastricht agreement have been made available to members of the public; and whether a charge was made for each copy.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggWhile the treaty on European union was being prepared for publication more than 1,000 87W copies of the text were made available to Parliament. Copies were also made available free of charge to members of the public on request from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Some 100 copies were sent out.
The treaty was published as a Command Paper—Cm 1934—on 7 May and is available from HMSO at a cost of £13.30. A total of 2,500 copies have been printed, of which 400 were sent to Parliament.