HC Deb 05 November 1999 vol 337 c338W
Mr. Bercow

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will list those proposals examined by the Horizontal Questions Working Group over the past 12 months. [97147]

Mr. Caborn

The Horizontal Questions Working Group has discussed a wide range of topics concerning the Single Market over the past 12 months including:

  • Joint Work Programme of the three Presidencies (October 1998 and June 1999),
  • Single Market Action Plan and plans for a new Single Market Strategy;
  • The Karolus Programme of personnel exchanges between member states;
  • Better regulation issues such as the Euro Business Test Panel and SLIM (Simplification of Legislation in the Internal Market);
  • Cardiff Economic Reform Process;
  • Integration of environmental aspects in the Internal Market;
  • The application of the principle of mutual recognition of one member state's rules, standards and qualifications by another.