HC Deb 27 January 2000 vol 343 cc297-8W
Mr. Bercow

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will place in the Library the guidance handbooks on the institutions of the European Union and on the procedures of the Council prepared by his Department for civil servants and Ministers. [106162]

Mr. Vaz

These guidance handbooks were prepared for the use of UK officials and Ministers directly involved in EU negotiations. We consider giving them wider circulation could be prejudicial to the UK's position in EU negotiations.

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