HC Deb 15 June 1994 vol 244 cc596-7W
Mr. Jonathan Evans

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will publish(a) the number of proposals for principal legislation put forward by the European Commission in the first five months of 1994 and (b) the total number of European Commission proposals for principal legislation for each of the previous four years.

Mr. Heathcoat-Amory

Up to the end of May 1994, the Commission had made 25 proposals for principal legislation. The total number of proposals for principal legislation during the last four years was as follows:

  • 1990: 185
  • 1991: 111
  • 1992: 89
  • 1993: 75