HC Deb 23 January 2001 vol 361 c556W
14. Dr. Ladyman

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the objectives of the Swedish presidency to increase the transparency of decision making in the European Union. [145048]

Mr. Vaz

This Government, like Sweden, place a very high priority on increasing transparency in the European Union. One of the presidency's key objectives will be to reach agreement on the draft regulation on public access to Council, Commission and European Parliament documents by May of this year. We will do all we can to support them in securing arrangements which provide greater openness and a user-friendly system.