§ Mr. JenkinTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if it is the Government's policy to support the European Union's application to joint Eurocontrol; and if he will make a statement. [98153]
§ Mr. MullinThe Government support Community membership of Eurocontrol because it is the most appropriate way for the Community to exercise its competence and express its views with regard to air traffic management in Europe.
§ Mr. JenkinTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what assessment he has made of the impact of a formal relationship between the European Union and Eurocontrol on sovereignty over UK air space. [98155]
§ Mr. MullinNegotiations are under way for Community membership of Eurocontrol. The terms of the Accession Protocol have not yet been agreed, but there will be no direct impact on UK's sovereignty over its airspace.
§ Mr. JenkinTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what plans the Government have to give decisions of Eurocontrol direct applicability and direct effect in the United Kingdom. [98154]
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§ Mr. MullinEurocontrol is currently undertaking a legal assessment of the feasibility of its decisions being directly applicable within member states. The UK is participating in this work and the Government will consider carefully the results of this study.