Single European Foreign Policy (Hansard, 13 November 2000)

HC Deb 13 November 2000 vol 356 c510W 510W

§ Dr. Julian Lewis
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his answer of 1 November 2000,Official Report, column 536W, on the single European Foreign Policy, if he will list the principal UK national foreign policy objectives which the EU' s Common Foreign and Security Policy is a means of achieving. [137928]

§ Mr. Vaz
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office's nine objectives are stated in the department's Public Service Agreement. The EU's Common Foreign and Security Policy has contributed most notably to objectives one and four. Objective one is "A secure United Kingdom within a more peaceful and stable world" and objective four is "A strong international community; leading to an improved quality of life worldwide".