§ Mr. MarlowTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list those articles of the treaty of Rome that are subject to amendment by the Maastricht treaty, setting out the original article alongside the amended article and providing an explanation in each case as to the meaning and effect of the amendment.
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§ Mr. Garel-JonesTitle II of the Maastricht treaty on European union contains those provisions of the treaty which amend the treaty of Rome. Those articles amending the treaty of Rome are described as "replacing" existing articles. A number of new articles are required to be "inserted" into the existing treaty. Some existing articles are to be repealed.
The implications of the treaty have been discussed at length in parliamentary debates before and after the Maastricht European Council. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs submitted a detailed analysis to the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee for its report on "Europe after Maastricht". A similar memorandum from Her Majesty's Treasury was submitted to the Treasury and Civil Service Committee's inquiry into economic and monetary union. These have been published by HMSO.