§ Mr. MitchellTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if decisions of the European Council which require unanimous agreement require the assent of representatives of(a) all member states or (b) only those member states present at the meeting. [139971]
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§ Mr. VazDecisions of the European Council require unanimous agreement of all member states. In practice Heads of State and Government are always represented at the European Council.
§ Mr. MitchellTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will request the members of the European Council to instruct its Secretariat to publish as soon as is practicable after the conclusion of the Nice Summit, the text of the Treaty agreed and the text of current EU treaties as they would be following its ratification; and to make such publications available for an appropriate period prior to the formal signing of the Treaty.[140524]
§ Mr. VazAll key papers put to the Intergovernmental Conference are published on the Council Secretariat website www.europa.eu.int. The Treaty agreed at Nice will be presented as soon as possible to Parliament in the form of a Command Paper.