§ Mr. MackinlayTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when his Department received each of the European Commission Enlargement reports entitled Enlargement 98 in respect of(a) Poland, (b) Hungary, (c) Czech Republic, (d) Slovenia, (e) Estonia and (f) Cyprus. [66119]
§ Ms QuinWe received copies of the Commission's Progress Reports on all the candidate countries, via the internet, on 4 November 1998—the day they were agreed by the College of Commissioners. The texts were subsequently presented to the 9 November General Affairs Council. Formal transmission of the texts, from the Commission to the Council Secretariat, took place on 18 December 1998. The Council Secretariat is in the process of forwarding them to Member States. We will deposit copies in the Library of the House once we receive a full set.