§ Mr. Stephen O'BrienTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his answer of 8 June 2000,Official Report, column 308W, on the Step Change Project, if he will list the membership of the Ministerial Group for European Co-ordination and make a statement on MINECOR' s activities. [128779]
§ Mr. Vaz[holding answer 3 July 2000]: The Ministerial Group for European Co-ordination works to achieve greater co-ordination of the presentation of Her Majesty's Government's European policies in the UK and overseas, and monitors the Government's efforts to develop closer co-operation with the EU partners/applicants.
A list of current members of MINECOR has been deposited in the Library. The devolved administrations are also represented at MINECOR.
- Keith Vaz: Chair
- Lord Falconer
- Melanie Johnson
- Helen Liddell
- Tessa Jowell
- Joyce Quin
118W - Lord Whitty
- Angela Eagle
- Alan Howarth
- George Foulkes
- Baroness Symons
- Gisela Stuart
- Barbara Roche
- Adam Ingram
- David Lock
- Jack McConnell
- Rhodri Morgan
- Paul Murphy
- Brian Wilson
- Tony McNulty
- Baroness Ramsey
- Denis Haughey.