HL Deb 09 January 1995 vol 560 c3WA
Lord Pearson of Rannoch

asked Her Majesty's Government:

How many (a) new legislative proposals, (b) amending legislative proposals, and (c) other documents were deposited in Parliament by the European Commission in the year to 31st December 1994.

Baroness Chalker of Wallasey

According to the Commission, there were 39 proposals for principal legislation submitted to the Council of Ministers up to the end of October 1994. All of these were deposited in Parliament. In addition, a further 513 other draft legislative proposals were deposited in Parliament in 1994. The vast majority of these were either proposals to amend existing Council legislation or draft technical decisions required by the Council of Ministers. In addition, 234 non-legislative documents were deposited in Parliament in 1994.