HC Deb 20 December 2000 vol 360 c238W
Mr. Brady

To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his oral statement on 11 December 2000,Official Report, column 349, on the Nice European Council, if he will list those aspects of industrial policy over which he has agreed to end the national veto at the Nice Summit. [142885]

The Prime Minister

[holding answer 15 December 2000]: The Nice European Council agreed to move to qualified majority voting on Article 157 paragraph 3. This is subject to an exemption for measures concerning taxation and the rights and interests of employed persons, which are not subject to this treaty Article.