HC Deb 25 January 1999 vol 324 c82W
Sir Teddy Taylor

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the nature of the advice given to the Channel Islands representatives by the Minister of State, Lord Williams of Mostyn, on 16 October 1998 on their constitutional position, with particular reference to the European Union Code of Conduct on Business Taxation. [66913]

Mr. Mike O'Brien

Following the meeting on 16 October between my noble Friend, the Minister of State, Lord Williams of Mostyn, United Kingdom officials and representatives of the Channel Islands and Isle of Man, descriptions of the constitutional relationship between the United Kingdom and the Bailiwicks of Jersey and Guernsey and the Isle of Man, discussed with the Island authorities, were submitted to the European Union Code of Conduct Group.