HC Deb 02 November 1993 vol 231 cc93-4W
Mr. Llew Smith

To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will set out the reasons underlying the legal basis evaluation relating to the Euratom treaty made in his departmental explanatory memorandum 8492/93 of 10 October, on the communication from the Commission to the Council on the future of testing reactors in the Community (Com (93) 408 Final).

Mr. Eggar

The reason for the doubt expressed in the Department's explanatory memorandum is that the Commission's proposal for a Council resolution does not specify which article of the treaty it relies on; and it is not clear from the document that such action by the Community is necessary to attain one of the objectives of the Community, nor, if so, which particular objective.