HL Deb 14 April 1993 vol 544 c63WA
Lord Tebbit

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What matters are to be brought within or taken without the sole competence of the European Union by the Treaty of Maastricht.

The Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Baroness Chalker of Wallasey)

The concept of exclusive competence in the Maastricht Treaty applies to the Community, not the Union.