§ Mr. BennettTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what progress has been made in implementing declaration 17 on the right to access to information attached to the Maastricht treaty.
§ Mr. Garel-JonesI have been asked to reply.
We understand that the Commission intends to put a paper to the Copenhagen European Council in June containing recommendations to the Council on how to implement the Maastricht declaration on the right of access to information.