HC Deb 26 January 1998 vol 305 c31W
Mr. Soames

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the implications of the Amsterdam Treaty for the future of the Western European Union. [25033]

Mr. George Robertson

The Treaty of Amsterdam provides for closer practical co-operation between the Western European Union and the European Union but makes clear that the two organisations will remain separate unless all Member States, in accordance with their national constitutional requirements, agree otherwise.