HC Deb 23 March 2000 vol 346 c681W
Mr. Bercow

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on his policy on the Scoreboard on the Creation of an Area of Freedom, Security and Justice in the European Union. [115576]

Mr. Charles Clarke

The Government consider the "scoreboard", requested at the Tampere European Council, to be of central importance as a means to monitor progress, prioritise the work and provide greater transparency in the implementation of an area of freedom, security and justice in the European Union.