§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Moray (Mrs. Ewing) of 24 November,Official Report, column 305, if he will make it his policy to raise co-operation with a UN standby force planning team at any meeting of EU Foreign Ministers.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggThe United Kingdom's policy is to encourage all those member states of the United Nations which have been approached by the UN Secretary General to co-operate with his UN standby force planning team. We do not intend to raise this issue at any meeting of EU Foreign Ministers.