§ Mr. MarlowTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will seek representation for members of national Parliaments on the reflection group of representatives of Foreign Ministers; what is his assessment of the extent to which the group's discussions could be biased by association with the European Parliament only; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Heathcoat-AmoryDetails of the work and membership of the study group of Foreign Ministers' representatives have not yet been decided, but the Corfu European Council agreed that two representatives of the European Parliament will also participate in the work of the group. The study group would become unwieldy if each national Parliament was separately represented. We can see no reason, however, why national Parliaments should not put their own ideas to the study group, arid my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister has suggested that the appropriate Select Committees should make representa-tions in due course.