HL Deb 30 November 1994 vol 559 c37WA
Lord Tebbit

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Further to their reply of 24th October, whether they want the repeal of any item of European legislation.

Baroness Chalker of Wallasey

The Commission's subsidiarity report to the December 1993 Brussels European Council included a substantial programme for the repeal and simplification of existing legislation. As the progress report which the Commission will present to the Essen European Council shows, a start has been made on this work in 1994, and we look forward to further progress under the new Commission. We think it essential that the subsidiarity principle is properly respected in all Community business, including future legislation. We welcome positive evidence of this in the report to Essen.