HC Deb 14 July 1993 vol 228 cc555-6W
Mr. Hendry

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if a time scale for Austrian membership of the EC has been established.

Mr. Heathcote-Amory

The European Council in Copenhagen, with the strong support of the British Government, agreed a target date of 1 January 1995 for the accession of Austria, along with Finland, Sweden and Norway.