§ Mr. SpearingTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what communication he has received from the secretariat of the conference of representatives of Governments of member states of the European Union concerning its endowment with a specific legal personality by an amendment to the present treaty of European Union. [29712]
§ Mr. David DavisThe secretariat has circulated a presidency note setting out options on the issue of legal personality for the European Union. The document is note No. 27 (CONF 3827/96). It was placed in the Library of the House on 8 May.