§ Mr. AustinTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if the documents comprising the Schengen acquis are to be incorporated into European Union law as part of the Amsterdam treaty. [6394]
§ Mr. Doug Henderson[holding answer 3 July 1997]: From the entry into force of the Schengen Protocol to be annexed to the Treaty on European Union and the European Community Treaty, the Schengen acquis, as defined in the Annex to the Protocol, will apply as a matter of EU law to all Member States except the United Kingdom and Ireland.