§ Mr. MitchellTo ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, pursuant to his answer of 27 October 1997,Official Report, column 650, on the treaty of Amsterdam, which parts of that treaty provide for the United Kingdom to opt in or out of civil judicial co-operation measures; and what parliamentary procedure would be required for such decisions. [15032]
§ Mr. HoonThe Protocol on the position of the United Kingdom and Ireland has the effect that the adoption of proposed measures under Title III of the EC Treaty, which includes (under Article 73m) civil judicial co-operation, will not apply to the United Kingdom or Ireland unless those countries choose to take part in the adoption and application of such measures. If the Government decided to take part in the adoption of any such measure or to accept an existing measure the usual parliamentary scrutiny procedure would apply.