§ 35. Rosemary McKennaTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what proposals he has to strengthen relations between Parliaments in Europe. [1536]
§ Peter HainMy right hon. Friend the Prime Minister has proposed that representatives of national parliaments be more involved in European matters through a Second Chamber of the European Parliament which could review the EU's work and provide democratic oversight at a European level of the Common Foreign and Security Policy.
The role of national parliament in the European architecture is one of the agenda items for the next Intergovernmental Conference in 2004. We welcome all contributions to the debate on this issue.