§ Mr. Harry GreenwayTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what progress he plans to make on the single market during the United Kingdom presidency of the EC; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. SainsburyDuring the United Kingdom presidency, the Government intend to make progress on the remaining programme of measures, to ensure that the single market can be declared genuinely open for business on 1 January 1993.
We shall be focusing on those measures which are central to the successful operation of the single market. The Government will also put particular emphasis on considering the quality, effectiveness and enforcement of legislation already in place.
Making the single market work, rather than planning more new legislation, will be a central theme of our presidency.