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22. Mr. Jenkin

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when the Government will publish their contributions to the EU IGC reflections group; and if he will make a statement. [25453]

Mr. David Davis

The Council report to the study group, to which we contributed, has been published as a Command Paper, Cm 2866. We have also contributed a memorandum on European defence which was tabled in the House on 1 March,Official Report, columns 1060–74. We will continue to keep Parliament fully informed of developments.

23. Mr. Mudie

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has had with the Foreign Ministers of the other European Union countries about the preparations for the 1996 intergovernmental conference. [25454]

Mr. Hurd

I see my European counterparts regularly at meetings of the Foreign Affairs Council, and for bilateral discussions. We all met at Messina last Friday to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Messina conference. I discussed the IGC in general terms with a number of colleagues.

25. Sir Thomas Arnold

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what progress was made in Messina by the IGC reflections group on 2 June. [25456]

Mr. David Davis

The study group discussed the scope and structure of its work.

33. Mr. David Shaw

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the United Kingdom's position on the 1996 intergovernmental conference. [25464]

Mr. David Davis

My right hon. Friend the Prime Minister set out very clearly our approach to the IGC, at Leiden in September and in this House on 1 March.