HC Deb 30 October 1995 vol 265 c71W
Mr. Austin Mitchell

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department from which date he expects visa requirements for entry into the United Kingdom to be determined by an EU common visa list in accordance with the regulation adopted at the Home Affairs Council meeting on 25 September. [39914]

Mr. Howard

From 3 April 1996. The common visa list is a list of countries to which a visa regime will be applied by all member states. Visas will remain national documents issued according to nationally determined criteria.