§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department if he will list the European Communities working groups which met over the last 12 months with a representative from his Department in attendance; if he will list the number of times each met; if he will indicate the nature of the Government's representation; and if he will make a statement. [88468]
§ Mr. VazOfficials from my Department regularly attend meetings of Council working groups. Occasionally my Department is represented by officials from the United Kingdom's Permanent Representation to the European Union. I have listed the working groups with which my Department is most closely involved, and the number of times these have met in the last 12 months.
Working group Meetings Extension of the Brussels Convention 1 Rome II 5 Revision of the Brussels and Lugano Conventions 7