HC Deb 03 April 1996 vol 275 c279W
26. Dr. Goodson-Wickes

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has had with his European counterparts over a common security policy.[22639]

Mr. David Davis

I regularly discuss common foreign and security policy matters with my EU counterparts, most recently at the Foreign affairs Council on 25 March.

28. Mr. Wilkinson

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he intends next to raise the subject of European Security at the ministerial Council of the Western European Union. [22641]

Mr. Davis

European security will be discussed by the WEU Council of Ministers at its next meeting in Birmingham on 7 May, under the chairmanship of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Defence and me.