§ Composition
- Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (chairman)
- Chancellor of the Exchequer
- Secretary of State for the Home Department
- President of the Board of Trade
- Secretary of State for Transport
- Lord President of the Council
- Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
- Secretary of State for the Environment
- Secretary of State for Wales
- Secretary of State for Scotland
- Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
- Secretary of State for Employment
- Attorney General
- Parliamentary Secretary, Treasury
- Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office
§ Other Ministers will be invited to attend as the nature of the business requires.
§ The United Kingdom Permanent Representative to the European Communities is also in attendance.
§ Terms of reference
§ "To consider questions relating to the United Kingdom's membership of the European Community and to report as necessary to the Ministerial Committee on Defence and Overseas Policy".