HC Deb 28 February 1996 vol 272 cc557-8W
Mr. Ieuan Wyn Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what proposals he intends to table at the 1996 intergovernmental conference to make the European pillar of common foreign and security policy more effective; and if he will make a statement. [17779]

Mr. David Davis

We have already made a number of proposals for improving the effectiveness of the common foreign and security policy including ways of strengthening the roles of the Political Committee and Council secretariat. Our proposals were sent to the Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee on 7 June 1995. Our approach to making CFSP more effective will be set out in more detail on the forthcoming White Paper on the intergovernmental conference.